Regulation 5 Disclosure relating to a total number of users
(1)
Statistical information is of a description specified by this regulation if it relates to the total number of users to which paragraph (2) applies.
(2)
This paragraph applies to a user if—
(a)
a factor, or combination of factors, relating to the user was specified by a warrant in accordance with section 31(8) of the Act (requirement to specify factors to be used to identify communications), and
(b)
that factor, or combination of factors, identified communications in relation to which the postal operator or telecommunications operator has provided assistance to an intercepting authority in accordance with section 41(2) of the Act.