# The Drug Dealing Telecommunications Restriction Orders Regulations 2017, Regulation 5: Notice and information to be given by the applicant


(1) The applicant must, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has been made by the court—
(a) serve a copy of the DDTRO on the communications provider; and
(b) take reasonable steps to bring the making of the DDTRO to the attention of any other affected person of whom the applicant is, or ought reasonably to be, aware.
(2) Where—
(a) a DDTRO contains provision made by virtue of regulation 3(3); and
(b) the applicant discovers that a relevant item in relation to which the order, or any particular requirement of it, would apply (but for that provision) is not being used in connection with drug dealing offences,
the applicant must comply with the requirements in paragraph (3).
(3) The requirements are that—
(a) the applicant must as soon as reasonably practicable notify the communications provider of the discovery and inform the provider in writing that, accordingly, the order or provision does not apply in relation to that relevant item; and
(b) where the communications provider has already complied with the terms of the DDRTO, the applicant must as soon as reasonably practicable notify any other affected person of the discovery and inform them in writing that, accordingly, the order or provision does not apply in relation to that relevant item.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2017/9780111160572/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-drug-dealing-telecommunications-restriction-orders-regulations-2017/regulation-5
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