{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-and-information-systems-regulations-2018/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-and-information-systems-regulations-2018/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/506",
  "legislation_title": "The Network and Information Systems Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-and-information-systems-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Information sharing – Northern Ireland",
  "text": "(1) In order to facilitate the exercise of the Northern Ireland competent authority's functions under these Regulations—\n(a) a Northern Ireland Department may share information with the Northern Ireland competent authority; and\n(b) the Northern Ireland competent authority may share information with a Northern Ireland Department.\n(2) In this regulation—\n(a) “the Northern Ireland competent authority” means the competent authority that is specified for Northern Ireland in column 3 of the table in Schedule 1 in relation to the subsectors specified in column 2 of that table; and\n(b) “a Northern Ireland Department” means a department mentioned in Schedule 1 to the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2016 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/506/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:58:45.652382+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."
}