Statistics
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9.—(1) A public communications provider shall, as soon as practicable after 31st March in any year, provide the Secretary of State with the statistical information to which paragraph (2) applies in respect of the period of 12 months ending on that date.
(2) The statistical information to which this paragraph applies is—
(a)The number of occasions when data have been disclosed in response to a request;
(b)The number of occasions when a request for lawfully disclosable data could not be met.
(3) The Secretary of State may, by notice given in writing to the public communications provider, vary the date specified in paragraph (1), with such transitional arrangements as may be necessary in consequence of the variation.