{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covert-human-intelligence-sources-criminal-conduct-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2021/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covert-human-intelligence-sources-criminal-conduct-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2021/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2021/605",
  "legislation_title": "The Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/covert-human-intelligence-sources-criminal-conduct-act-2021-commencement-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2021",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021 (Commencement and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2021.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“RIPA” means the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;\n“the 2021 Act” means the Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021;\n“intelligence service” and “police force” have the meanings given by section 81 of RIPA;\n“relevant public authority” means a public authority listed in Part A1 of Schedule 1 to RIPA (relevant authorities for the purposes of ss. 28, 29 and 29B).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “police force” in RIPA has been amended by the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c. 32) and the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/605/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:13:22.506450+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."
}