{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-105X",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003/section-105X.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/21",
  "legislation_title": "Communications Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/communications-act-2003",
  "path": "section/105X",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "105X",
  "heading": "Relationship between security duties and certain other duties etc",
  "text": "(1) A security duty imposed on a provider of a public electronic communications network or a public electronic communications service does not apply in so far as compliance with the duty would—\n(a) result in a failure by the provider to comply with a duty or prohibition imposed by or under an enactment mentioned in section 105A(4);\n(b) prevent the provider from giving effect to a warrant or authorisation that has been issued or given under an enactment mentioned in section 105A(4);\n(c) prevent the provider from providing a person with assistance in giving effect to a warrant or authorisation that has been issued or given under an enactment mentioned in section 105A(4); or\n(d) prevent the provider from providing a person with assistance in exercising any power conferred by or under prison rules.\n(2) In this section—\n“prison rules” has the same meaning as in section 105A;\n“security duty” means a duty imposed by or under—\n(a)section 96C as applied by section 105S; or\n(b)any of sections 105A to 105D, 105I to 105K, 105L(6), (7)(c) and (8), 105N(2)(a), 105O and 105V.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 105X inserted (1.10.2022) by Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 (c. 31), ss. 9, 28(2)(b); S.I. 2022/931, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/21/section/105X",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:18:16.154105+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}