{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/338",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Licence Award) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-licence-award-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nMade 14th February 2006\nComing into force 10th March 2006\nThe Office of Communications (“OFCOM”) make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred on OFCOM by section 3(1), (3), (4) and (5B) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”) and section 403(7) of the Communications Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) as applied by section 6(1) of the 1998 Act.\nBefore making these Regulations OFCOM have given notice of their proposal to do so in accordance with section 403(4)(a) of the 2003 Act as applied by section 6(1) of the 1998 Act, published notice of their proposal in accordance with section 403(4)(b) of the 2003 Act as applied by section 6(1) of the 1998 Act and have considered the representations made to them before the time specified in that notice in accordance with section 403(4)(c) of the 2003 Act as applied by section 6(1) of the 1998 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 6. Section 3 of the 1998 Act was amended by the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21), section 167, section 406, Schedule 17, paragraph 145 and Schedule 19(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2003 c. 21."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/338/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}