{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-and-data-protection-protocol-no-36-regulations-2014/regulation-55",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111122723",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-and-data-protection-protocol-no-36-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/55",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Time limits",
  "text": "Subject to regulation 59—\n(a) in an urgent case regarding a serious offence—\n(i) a UK competent authority must respond within eight hours of a request when the information or intelligence requested in accordance with the Framework Decision is held in a database directly accessible by the UK competent authority; but\n(ii) where the provision of the information or intelligence requested in accordance with the Framework Decision within the period of eight hours would put a disproportionate burden on the UK competent authority, the UK competent authority—\n(aa) may postpone the provision of the information or intelligence for up to three days;\n(bb) must immediately inform the requesting competent authority of this postponement; and\n(cc) must provide reasons on the form set out in Annex A;\n(b) in a non-urgent case regarding a serious offence—\n(i) a UK competent authority must ensure that a request for information or intelligence in accordance with the Framework Decision is responded to within one week if the requested information or intelligence is held in a database directly accessible by the UK competent authority; but\n(ii) if the UK competent authority is unable to respond within seven days, it must provide reasons for that on the form set out in Annex A; and\n(c) in all other cases—\n(i) a UK competent authority must ensure that the information requested in accordance with the Framework Decision is communicated to the requesting competent authority within 14 days; but\n(ii) if the UK competent authority is unable to respond within 14 days, it must provide reasons on the form set out in Annex A.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122723/regulation/55",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:50.850438+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."
}