The Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2024

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).