{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-consequential-amendments-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2017/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/845",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-consequential-amendments-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2017",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Authorisation of Covert Human Intelligence Sources) (Scotland) Order 2014",
  "text": "(1) The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Authorisation of Covert Human Intelligence Sources) (Scotland) Order 2014 is amended as follows.\n(2) In article 2 (interpretation), in the definition of “Commissioner”, for “an ordinary Surveillance Commissioner” substitute “a Judicial Commissioner”.\n(3) Until 31st December 2017 the reference to a Judicial Commissioner in article 2 of that Order is to be read as including a Surveillance Commissioner appointed under section 2(1)(b) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.\n(4) In article 11 (appeals against decisions by Commissioners)—\n(a) in paragraphs (1) and (3) for “Chief Surveillance Commissioner” substitute “Investigatory Powers Commissioner”;\n(b) in paragraph (1) after “refusal of a Commissioner” insert “(other than the Investigatory Powers Commissioner)”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 6 in force at 11.9.2017, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2014/339."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/845/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:08:44.366360+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."
}