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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-investigatory-powers-covert-human-intelligence-sources-matters-subject-to-legal-privilege-order-2010/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Approving officer",
  "text": "(1) Where the person designated for the purposes of section 29 or section 29B of the 2000 Act is—\n(a) a member of any of the intelligence services,\n(b) an official of the Ministry of Defence,\n(c) an individual holding an office, rank or position in Her Majesty’s Prison Service or the Northern Ireland Prison Service, or\n(d) a member of Her Majesty’s forces,\nthe approving officer for the purposes of this Part shall be the Secretary of State.\n(2) In any other case, the approving officer shall be a Judicial Commissioner.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 inserted (10.8.2021) by The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Criminal Conduct Authorisations) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/601), arts. 1(2), 3(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4(2) substituted (11.9.2017) by The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Consequential Amendments and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/845), regs. 1, 5(3) (with reg. 5(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 18.2.2010, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/123/article/4",
    "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."
}