2.—(1) A person to whom a retention notice, national security notice or technical capability notice is given may, where paragraph (2) applies, refer the notice back to the Secretary of State within 28 days of the day on which the notice is given.
(2) This paragraph applies if the person to whom the notice is given considers that any requirement or restriction imposed by, or obligation or step specified in, the notice is unreasonable.
(3) In this regulation, references to a notice being given include references to notice of the variation of a retention notice being published in accordance with section 94(2) of the Act.