{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/section-70",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/15",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005",
  "path": "section/70",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "70",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter 1",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“act of terrorism” includes anything constituting an action taken for the purposes of terrorism, within the meaning of the Terrorism Act 2000 (see section 1(5) of that Act);\n“appropriate person” has the meaning given by section 62(2);\n“the Investigating Authority” is to be construed in accordance with section 60(5) and (6);\n“disclosure notice” has the meaning given by section 62(3);\n“document” includes information recorded otherwise than in legible form.\n“terrorism” has the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (see section 1(1) to (4) of that Act);\n“terrorist investigation” has the meaning given by section 60(7).\n(2) In relation to information recorded otherwise than in legible form, any reference in this Chapter to the production of documents is a reference to the production of a copy of the information in legible form.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(1) inserted (13.4.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), ss. 33(4)(a), 39(2); S.I. 2006/1013, art. 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 70(1) inserted (13.4.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), ss. 33(4)(b), 39(2); S.I. 2006/1013, art. 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 70 extended (Northern Ireland) (1.12.2006) by Northern Ireland (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006 (c. 33), ss. 26(1), 31(3); S.I. 2006/2966, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 70 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 70 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/section/70",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:19.224345+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."
}