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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-investigatory-powers-covert-human-intelligence-sources-matters-subject-to-legal-privilege-order-2010/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/123",
  "legislation_title": "The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Covert Human Intelligence Sources: Matters Subject to Legal Privilege) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-investigatory-powers-covert-human-intelligence-sources-matters-subject-to-legal-privilege-order-2010",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the 2000 Act” means the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;\n“matters subject to legal privilege” means (subject to paragraph (2)) matters to which section 98(2), (3) or (4) of the Police Act 1997 applies;\n“private information” has the meaning given in section 26(10) of the 2000 Act; and\n“source” means covert human intelligence source.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order—\n(a) communications and items are not matters subject to legal privilege when they are in the possession of a person who is not entitled to possession of them, and\n(b) communications and items held, or oral communications made, with the intention of furthering a criminal purpose are not matters subject to legal privilege.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 18.2.2010, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c.50; section 91(1) has been amended by S.I. 1999/1747."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/123/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:55:16.286900+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."
}