{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-8-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-8-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/940",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-8-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n“RIPA” means the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;\n“the 2016 Act” means the Investigatory Powers Act 2016;\n“relevant intercepting authority” means—\n(a) the Director General of the National Crime Agency;\n(b) the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis;\n(c) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\n(d) the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;\n(e) the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, or\n(f) a person who is the competent authority of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of an EU mutual assistance instrument or an international mutual assistance agreement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/940/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:54:33.730070+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."
}