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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-visiting-ships-and-aircraft-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/2970",
  "legislation_title": "The Wireless Telegraphy (Visiting Ships and Aircraft) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/wireless-telegraphy-visiting-ships-and-aircraft-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TELEGRAPHS\nMade 30th November 1998\nLaid before Parliament 2nd December 1998\nComing into force 24th December 1998\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 as enacted, and now vested in him, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1949 c. 54; section 6 was amended by section 9 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 (c. 72). Section 6 was extended to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands by S.I.s 1952/1899 and 1952/1900 respectively, and section 9 was extended to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands by S.I.s 1967/1280 and 1967/1279 respectively."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), section 3; S.I. 1969/1369, article 3; S.I. 1969/1371, article 2; S.I. 1974/691, article 2."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/2970/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."
}