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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-data-retention-and-acquisition-regulations-2018/schedule-1/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111170809",
  "legislation_title": "The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-data-retention-and-acquisition-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/10",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 70 (relevant public authorities and designated senior officers) is amended as follows.\n(2) After subsection (2) insert—\n“(2A) An authorisation under section 60A may be granted on the application of a relevant public authority listed in column 1 of the table only if section 60A(1)(a) is met in relation to a purpose within one of the paragraphs of section 60A(7) specified in the corresponding entry in column 2 of the table.”.\n(3) In subsection (3)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), for “column 2” substitute “column 3”;\n(b) in paragraph (b), for “column 2” substitute “column 3”.\n(4) In subsection (4), for “column 2” substitute “column 3”.\n(5) After subsection (5) insert—\n“(5A) A person who is a designated senior officer of a relevant public authority by virtue of subsection (3) and an entry in column 3 of the table may grant an authorisation under section 61—\n(a) only for obtaining communications data of the kind specified in the corresponding entry in column 4 of the table,\n(b) only if one or more paragraphs of section 61(7) is specified in the corresponding entry in column 5 of the table, and\n(c) only if section 61(1)(a) is met in relation to a purpose within the specified paragraph or, if more than one paragraph is specified, a purpose within one of them.”.\n(6) In subsection (6)—\n(a) in the words before paragraph (a)—\n(i) for “column 2” substitute “column 3”;\n(ii) after “authorisation” insert “under section 61A”;\n(b) in paragraph (a), for “column 3” substitute “column 4”;\n(c) omit the “and” following paragraph (a);\n(d) for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) only if one or more paragraphs of section 61A(7) is specified in the corresponding entry in column 6 of the table, and\n(c) only if section 61A(1)(a) is met in relation to a purpose within the specified paragraph or, if more than one paragraph is specified, a purpose within one of them.”.\n(7) In subsection (7)—\n(a) for “column 2” substitute “column 3”;\n(b) for “subsection (6) applies” substitute “subsections (5A) and (6) apply”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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