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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-regulation-of-investigatory-powers-communications-data-order-2003/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Restrictions on the granting of authorisations or the giving of notices",
  "text": "(1) The restriction in this paragraph is that an individual holding an office, rank or position which is listed in column 2 of Schedule 1 or column 2 of Schedule 2 may only grant an authorisation or give a notice that he believes is necessary on grounds other than those set out in paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (g) of section 22(2) of the 2000 Act where that authorisation or notice satisfies the condition in paragraph (3).\n(2) The restriction in this paragraph is that an individual holding an office, rank or position which is listed in column 3 of Schedule 1 or column 3 of Schedule 2 may only grant an authorisation or give a notice which satisfies the condition set out in paragraph (3).\n(3) The condition referred to in paragraphs (1) and (2) is that the only communications data authorised to be obtained by the authorisation, or required to be obtained or disclosed by the notice, is communications data falling within section 21(4)(c) of the 2000 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2003/0110476093/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:58.157294+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."
}