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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-investigatory-powers-act-2000-commencement-no-3-order-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/3140",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-investigatory-powers-act-2000-commencement-no-3-order-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 5th January 2004, Chapter II of Part I (sections 21 to 25) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 which relate to the acquisition and disclosure of communications data. It also commences those parts of Part IV of the Act which relate to the scrutiny of the powers in Chapter II of Part I.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3140/note",
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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."
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