# The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014, Regulation 56: Requests for information or intelligence


For the purpose of detection, prevention or investigation of an offence, a UK competent authority—
(a) must use Annex B for the purpose of requesting information and intelligence from a competent authority and such a request must contain at least the information set out in Annex B; and
(b) must not request more information and intelligence or set narrower timeframes than necessary for the purpose of the request.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122723/regulation/56 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-and-data-protection-protocol-no-36-regulations-2014/regulation-56
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