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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-tribunal-rules-2000/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2665",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Tribunal Rules 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-tribunal-rules-2000",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Rules:\n“the Act” means the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;\n“Commissioner” means the Interception of Communications Commissioner, the Intelligence Services Commissioner, the Investigatory Powers Commissioner for Northern Ireland or any Surveillance Commissioner or Assistant Surveillance Commissioner;\n“complainant” means a person who brings section 7 proceedings or, as the case may be, makes a complaint;\n“complaint” means a complaint for which the Tribunal is the appropriate forum by virtue of section 65(2)(b) and section 65(4) of the Act;\n“Convention right” has the same meaning as in the Human Rights Act 1998;\n“section 7 proceedings” means proceedings under section 7(1)(a) of the Human Rights Act 1998 in relation to which the Tribunal is the only appropriate tribunal by virtue of section 65(2)(a) of the Act;\n“the Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 65(1) of the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 42."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2665/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:13:21.129479+00:00"
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  "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."
}