{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023-prevention-and-investigation-measures-polygraph-regulations-2023/regulation-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1249",
  "legislation_title": "The National Security Act 2023 (Prevention and Investigation Measures) (Polygraph) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023-prevention-and-investigation-measures-polygraph-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, extent and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the National Security Act 2023 (Prevention and Investigation Measures) (Polygraph) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 20th December 2023.\n(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.\n(3) In these Regulations—\n“the 2023 Act” means the National Security Act 2023;\n“polygraph provider” means a person who enters into arrangements with the Secretary of State under which polygraph sessions may be carried out in relation to a relevant individual;\n“polygraph supervisor” means a polygraph operator instructed to review a polygraph session pursuant to regulation 6(1);\n“relevant individual” means a person on whom the Secretary of State imposes a polygraph measure under section 39 of, and paragraph 12 of Schedule 7 to, the 2023 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1249/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:38:18.585133+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."
}