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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regulation-of-investigatory-powers-communications-data-order-2003/article-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2003/0110476093",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regulation-of-investigatory-powers-communications-data-order-2003",
  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "More senior offices, ranks and positions",
  "text": "(1) Where an office, rank or position with a relevant public authority listed in column 2 of Schedule 1 or column 2 of Schedule 2 is prescribed by virtue of article 2 or 4, all more senior offices, ranks or positions with that authority are also prescribed for the purposes of section 25(2) of the 2000 Act, subject to article 11.\n(2) Where an office, rank or position with a relevant public authority is described in column 2 of Schedule 1 or column 2 of Schedule 2 by reference to an agency, unit, branch, division or other part of that authority, the reference in paragraph (1) to all more senior offices, ranks or positions with that authority is a reference to all more senior offices, ranks or positions with that agency, unit, branch, division or part.",
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  "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."
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