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Regulation 2 Interpretation

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In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Investigatory Powers Act 2016;

  • “relevant postal operator” means a postal operator, or a person who is proposing to become a postal operatorf1;

  • “relevant telecommunications operator” means a telecommunications operator, or a person who is proposing to become a telecommunications operatorf2, but does not include a person who provides, or who is proposing to provide, a telecommunications service only in relation to the provision by that person of banking, insurance, investment or other financial services;

  • “secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Act (see section 16(4) of the Act).

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

“Postal operator” is defined in section 262(6) of the Act.

f2

“Telecommunications operator” is defined in section 261(10) of the Act.