22 No. 21 Prevention of Terrorism 2002 offenders under this Act, give such directions as may appear to him to be necessary to(a) communication service providers generally; (b) communication service providers of a specified description; (c) any particular communication service provider. (2) Before giving a direction under this section, the Minister may consult any communication service provider he deems fit to consult, (3) A direction under this section shall specify the maximum period for which a communication service provider may be required to retain Communications data. (4) In this section"communication service provider'' means a person who provides postal, information, or communication, including telecommunications and internet service providers; ''data'' means information recorded in a form in which it can be processed by equipment operating automatically in response to instructions given for that purpose. (5) In the event of resistance, the court may, on application by the Attorney General, issue an order directing the communication service provider to comply with the direction of the Minister. Powers to intercept conimunications and the admissibility of intercepted communications 31.---(l) Subject to subsection (2), a police officer may, for the purpose of obtaining evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act, apply, ex parte, to the Court, for an interception of communications order. (2) A police officer may make an application under subsection (1) only with the prior written consent of the Attorney General. (3) A Court to whom an application is made under subsection (1), may make an order (a) requiring a communications service provider to intercept and retain a specified communication or communications of a specified description received or transmitted, or about to be received or transmitted by that communication service provider; (b) authorizing the police officer to enter any premises and to install on such premises, any device for the interception and retention of a specified communications of a specified description and to remove and retain such device, if the Court is satisfied that the written consent of the Attorney General