{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-production-orders-and-requests-for-interception-designation-of-agreement-regulations-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-production-orders-and-requests-for-interception-designation-of-agreement-regulations-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/38",
  "legislation_title": "The Overseas Production Orders and Requests for Interception (Designation of Agreement) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/overseas-production-orders-and-requests-for-interception-designation-of-agreement-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Electronic Communications\nMade 16th January 2020\nLaid before Parliament 20th January 2020\nComing into force 28th February 2020\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5)(b) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 and section 52(3) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 makes the following Regulations.\nThe Secretary of State has sought written assurances as required by section 52(7) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.\nThe Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a copy of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime under section 20(1)(a) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2019 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2016 c. 25. Section 52 was amended by section 16(2) and (3) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "CP 178."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2010 c.25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/38/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:34:42.732797+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."
}