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  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitory, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Investigatory Powers\nMade 29th August 2017\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 270(2) and 272(1) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016",
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  "annotations": [
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      "text": "2016 c. 25."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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