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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/armed-forces-entry-search-and-seizure-order-2003/schedule-1/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2273",
  "legislation_title": "The Armed Forces (Entry, Search and Seizure) Order 2003",
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  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The first set of access conditions is fulfilled if—\n(a) there are reasonable grounds for believing—\n(i) that an offence to which section 5 applies has been committed;\n(ii) that there is material which consists of special procedure material or includes special procedure material and does not also include excluded material on premises specified in the application;\n(iii) that the material is likely to be of substantial value (whether by itself or together with other material) to the investigation in connection with which the application is made; and\n(iv) that the material is likely to be relevant evidence;\n(b) other methods of obtaining the material—\n(i) have been tried without success; or\n(ii) have not been tried because it appeared that they were bound to fail; and\n(c) it is in the public interest, having regard—\n(i) to the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if the material is obtained; and\n(ii) to the circumstances under which the person in possession of the material holds it,\nthat the material should be produced or that access to it should be given.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2273/schedule/1/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:00:12.692042+00:00"
  },
  "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."
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