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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/schedule-3/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/25",
  "legislation_title": "Investigatory Powers Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "But paragraph 17 does not permit the disclosure of anything to—\n(a) any person who is or was excluded from all or part of the proceedings mentioned in paragraph 17(1), or\n(b) any person who—\n(i) represents such a person for the purposes of any proceedings within paragraph 17, and\n(ii) does so otherwise than by virtue of appointment as a special advocate.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 18 in force at 27.6.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 8(w)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2018/13",
      "affecting_title": "Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2018/13",
      "affecting_title": "Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018"
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:02.282680+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."
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