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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-tribunal-rules-2000/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "INVESTIGATORY POWERS\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 28th September 2000\nLaid before Parliament 29th September 2000\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 29th September 2000\nComing into force 2nd October 2000\nWhereas the Secretary of State may make Rules under section 69 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;\nAnd whereas subsections (9) and (10) of that section provide that the Rules made on the first occasion on which the power is exercised do not need to be approved by Parliament before being made, but must be approved after being made in accordance with subsection (10);\nAnd whereas this is the first occasion on which the Secretary of State exercises the power;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 69(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and after consultation with the Scottish Ministers as required by section 69(12) of that Act, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 23."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2665/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:13:21.129479+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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