Words in s. 20 inserted (31.7.2017) by The Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/730), reg. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 5(3) (with reg. 3)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/section/20/2017-07-31Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000An Act to make provision for and about the interception of communications, the acquisition and disclosure of data relating to communications, the carrying out of surveillance, the use of covert human intelligence sources and the acquisition of the means by which electronic data protected by encryption or passwords may be decrypted or accessed; to provide for Commissioners and a tribunal with functions and jurisdiction in relation to those matters, to entries on and interferences with property or with wireless telegraphy and to the carrying out of their functions by the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters; and for connected purposes.2000-07-28texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-30Expert Participation2017-07-31Part I CommunicationsChapter I Interception Interpretation of Chapter I
20 Interpretation of Chapter I.

In this Chapter—

certified”, in relation to a section 8(4) certificate, means of a description certified by the certificate as a description of material the examination of which the Secretary of State considers necessary;

external communication” means a communication sent or received outside the British Islands;

intercepted material”, in relation to an interception warrant, means the contents of any communications intercepted by an interception to which the warrant relates;

the interception subject”, in relation to an interception warrant, means the person about whose communications information is sought by the interception to which the warrant relates;

international mutual assistance agreement” means an international agreement designated for the purposes of section 1(4) or Directive 2014/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;

related communications data”, in relation to a communication intercepted in the course of its transmission by means of a postal service or telecommunication system, means so much of any communications data (within the meaning of Chapter II of this Part) as—

(a)

is obtained by, or in connection with, the interception; and

(b)

relates to the communication or to the sender or recipient, or intended recipient, of the communication;

section 8(4) certificate” means any certificate issued for the purposes of section 8(4).

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Words in s. 20 inserted (31.7.2017) by
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