# The Retention of Communications Data (Code of Practice) Order 2003, Introduction: Introductory text


INVESTIGATORY POWERS
Made 4th December 2003
Coming into force 5th December 2003
Whereas—
(1) in pursuance of section 102(1) of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (“the 2001 Act”) the Secretary of State is under a duty to issue a code of practice containing provisions relating to the retention by communications providers of communications data obtained by or held by them;
(2) in pursuance of section 103(2) of the 2001 Act the Secretary of State has consulted with the Information Commissioner and the communications providers to whom the code will apply;
(3) in pursuance of section 103(1) of the 2001 Act the Secretary of State has prepared and published the code in the form of a draft and has considered representations made to him about the draft and modified the draft accordingly;
(4) in pursuance of section 103(4) of the 2001 Act the Secretary of State has laid that draft code before both Houses of Parliament; and
(5) a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 103(5) of the 2001 Act, hereby makes the following Order:

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/3175/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/retention-of-communications-data-code-of-practice-order-2003/introduction
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.