10Restriction on requesting assistance under mutual assistance agreements etc.U.K.
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(1)This section applies to—
(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)a request for assistance in accordance with an international mutual assistance agreement
[so far as the assistance is in connection with, or in the form of, the interception of communications.]
(2)A request to which this section applies may not be made by or on behalf of a person in the United Kingdom to the competent authorities of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom unless a mutual assistance warrant has been issued under Chapter 1 of Part 2 authorising the making of the request.
[(2A)Subsection (2) does not apply in the case of a request for assistance in connection with, or in the form of, interception of a communication stored in or by a telecommunication system if the request is made—
(a)in the exercise of a statutory power that is exercised for the purpose of obtaining information or taking possession of any document or other property, or
(b)in accordance with a court order that is made for that purpose.]
(3)In this section—
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