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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2699",
  "legislation_title": "The Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "INVESTIGATORY POWERS\nMade 2nd October 2000\nLaid before Parliament 3rd October 2000\nComing into force 24th October 2000\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4(2) and 78(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“the Act”), hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
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      "text": "2000 c. 23."
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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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