Provisions coming into force on 14th October 2024
2. The following provisions of the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 come into force on 14th October 2024—
(a)section 1 (requirement for authorisation);
(b)section 2 (low or no reasonable expectation of privacy);
(c)section 3 (duration of bulk personal dataset warrants);
(d)section 4 (agency head functions);
(e)section 5 (third party bulk personal datasets), other than the insertion into the 2016 Act of sections 226F and 226FA;
(f)section 6 (minor and consequential amendments);
(g)section 7 (deputy investigatory powers commissioners);
(h)section 8 (delegation of functions);
(i)section 9 (temporary judicial commissioners);
(j)section 10 (main functions of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner);
(k)section 11 (personal data breaches);
(l)section 12 (offence of unlawfully obtaining communications data);
(m)section 13 (meaning of “communications data”: subscriber details);
(n)section 14 (powers to obtain communications data);
(o)section 15 (internet connection records);
(p)section 16 (powers to require retention of certain data);
(q)section 17 (extra-territorial enforcement of retention notices etc);
(r)section 19 (meaning of “telecommunications operator” etc);
(s)section 20 (renewal of notices);
(t)section 22 (interception and examination of communications: Members of Parliament etc);
(u)section 23 (equipment interference: Members of Parliament etc);
(v)section 24 (issue of equipment interference warrants);
(w)section 25 (modification of equipment interference warrants);
(x)section 26 (issue of targeted examination warrants to intelligence services);
(y)section 27 (bulk equipment interference: safeguards for journalistic material etc);
(z)section 28 (exclusion of matters from legal proceedings etc: exceptions);
(aa)section 29 (freedom of information: bodies dealing with security matters);
(bb)the Schedule (disclosure powers).