4(1)In section 1 of the M1Security Service Act 1989 (functions of the Security Service), after subsection (4) there shall be inserted—U.K.
“(5)Section 81(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (meaning of “prevention” and “detection”), so far as it relates to serious crime, shall apply for the purposes of this Act as it applies for the purposes of the provisions of that Act not contained in Chapter I of Part I.”
(2)In section 2(2)(a) of that Act (duty of Director General to secure that information not disclosed except for authorised purposes), for “preventing or detecting” there shall be substituted “ the prevention or detection of ”.