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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-retention-and-acquisition-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1123",
  "legislation_title": "The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/data-retention-and-acquisition-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 77 (Commissioner approval for authorisations to identify or confirm journalistic sources) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(a), after “an authorisation” insert “ under section 61 or 61A ”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) Subsection (2) also applies if—\n(a) a person to whom functions under section 60A have been delegated under section 238(5) has granted an authorisation under that section in relation to the obtaining by a relevant public authority of communications data for the purpose of identifying or confirming a source of journalistic information, and\n(b) the authorisation is not necessary because of an imminent threat to life.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1123/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:52:53.692496+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."
}