{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-services-act-2007-warrant-regulations-2010/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2010/9780111492451",
  "legislation_title": "The Legal Services Act 2007 (Warrant) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-legal-services-act-2007-warrant-regulations-2010",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Issue of warrants",
  "text": "(1) A judicial officer may issue a warrant under section 42(3) or 48(3) of the 2007 Act only if satisfied that—\n(a) one of the following conditions has been met—\n(i) reasonable attempts have been made to obtain the relevant records by other means; or\n(ii) if reasonable attempts to obtain the relevant records have not been made, that such attempts would likely result in the relevant records being removed, hidden, tampered with or destroyed;\n(b) the officer or agent who may execute the warrant has been authorised in writing by a specified person under regulation 5(1); and\n(c) no judicial officer has refused to issue a warrant based on another application that is in substance the same.\n(2) A judicial officer may not issue a warrant under section 42(3) or 48(3) of the 2007 Act in relation to records which consist of items subject to legal privilege where the approved regulator is the client with the benefit of the legal privilege.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2010/9780111492451/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:55:30.494191+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."
}