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9.—(1) A public communications provider must provide the Secretary of State, as soon as practicable after 31st March in any year, with the following information in respect of the period of twelve months ending with that date.
(2) The information required is—
(a)the number of occasions when data retained in accordance with these Regulations have been disclosed in response to a request;
(b)the time elapsed between the date on which the data were retained and the date on which transmission of the data was requested;
(c)the number of occasions when a request for lawfully disclosable data retained in accordance with these Regulations could not be met.
(3) The Secretary of State may, by notice given in writing to a public communications provider, vary the date specified in paragraph (1).
(4) The notice may contain such transitional provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary in consequence of the variation.