{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-investigatory-powers-technical-capability-regulations-2018/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-investigatory-powers-technical-capability-regulations-2018/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111163610",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers (Technical Capability) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-investigatory-powers-technical-capability-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Act” means the Investigatory Powers Act 2016;\n“relevant postal operator” means a postal operator, or a person who is proposing to become a postal operator;\n“relevant telecommunications operator” means a telecommunications operator, or a person who is proposing to become a telecommunications operator, 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;\n“secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Act (see section 16(4) of the Act).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "“Postal operator” is defined in section 262(6) of the Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "“Telecommunications operator” is defined in section 261(10) of the Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111163610/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:05:36.763633+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."
}