{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-data-retention-regulations-2014/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-data-retention-regulations-2014/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111118894",
  "legislation_title": "The Data Retention Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-data-retention-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part 2",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“the Act” means the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014;\n“cell ID” means the identity or location of the cell from which a mobile telephony call started or in which it finished;\n“service use data” means anything falling within paragraph (b) of the definition of “communications data” in section 21(4) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 so far as that definition applies in relation to telecommunications services and telecommunication systems;\n“subscriber data” means anything falling within paragraph (c) of the definition of “communications data” in section 21(4) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 so far as that definition applies in relation to telecommunications services and telecommunication systems;\n“telephone service” means calls (including voice, voicemail and conference and data calls), supplementary services (including call forwarding and call transfer) and messaging and multi-media services (including short message services, enhanced media services and multi-media services);\n“traffic data” means anything falling within paragraph (a) of the definition of “communications data” in section 21(4) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 so far as that definition applies in relation to telecommunications services and telecommunication systems;\n“user ID” means a unique identifier allocated to persons when they subscribe to, or register with, an internet access service or internet communications service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111118894/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:12:21.160280+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."
}