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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-160",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-160.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/25",
  "legislation_title": "Investigatory Powers Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016",
  "path": "section/160",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "160",
  "heading": "Decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) The decision to issue a bulk acquisition warrant must be taken personally by the Secretary of State.\n(2) Before a bulk acquisition warrant is issued, it must be signed by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 160 in force at 25.7.2018 by S.I. 2018/873, reg. 2(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/section/160",
    "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."
}