Provisions coming into force on 25th July 2018
2. The following provisions of the 2016 Act come into force on 25th July 2018—
(a)section 2 (general duties in relation to privacy) so far as it applies to decisions relating to—
(i)Chapter 2 of Part 6;
(ii)Part 7, except decisions whether—
(aa)to approve the use of criteria under section 222;
(bb)to give an authorisation under section 219(3)(b);
(cc)to approve a decision to give an authorisation under section 219(3)(b);
(b)section 158 (power to issue bulk acquisition warrants) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a bulk acquisition warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;
(c)section 159 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners);
(d)section 160 (decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State);
(e)section 161 (requirements that must be met by warrants);
(f)section 171 (safeguards relating to the retention and disclosure of data);
(g)section 172 (safeguards relating to examination of data);
(h)section 175 (Chapter 2: interpretation);
(i)section 199 (bulk personal datasets: interpretation), so far as not already in force;
(j)section 200(3) (types of BPD warrants);
(k)section 202 (restriction on use of class BPD warrants);
(l)section 203 (meaning of “protected data”);
(m)section 204 (class BPD warrants), for the purpose of an application for a class BPD warrant and the Secretary of State deciding to issue such a warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;
(n)section 205 (specific BPD warrants), for the purpose of an application for a specific BPD warrant and the Secretary of State deciding to issue such a warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;
(o)section 206 (additional safeguards for health records);
(p)section 207 (protected data: power to impose conditions);
(q)section 208 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners);
(r)section 211 (decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State);
(s)section 212 (requirements that must be met by warrants);
(t)section 221 (safeguards relating to examination of bulk personal datasets);
(u)section 225 (application of Part to bulk personal datasets obtained under this Act), for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to give a direction and a Judicial Commissioner giving approval, but not for the purpose of the giving of such a direction;
(v)section 226 (Part 7: interpretation);
(w)section 238 (funding, staff and facilities etc.), so far as not already in force;
(x)paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 (definitions of “other relevant crime” and “serious crime”), and section 270(1) so far as it relates to that paragraph.