Part I Communications
F6Chapter I Interception
Interception warrants
6 Application for issue of an interception warrant.
1
An interception warrant shall not be issued except on an application made by or on behalf of a person specified in subsection (2).
2
Those persons are—
a
the Director-General of the Security Service;
b
the Chief of the Secret Intelligence Service;
c
the Director of GCHQ;
F5d
the Director General of the National Crime Agency;
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e
the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
f
the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;
g
the chief constable of F4the Police Service of Scotland;
i
the Chief of Defence Intelligence;
j
a person who, for the purposes of any international mutual assistance agreement, is the competent authority of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
3
An application for the issue of an interception warrant shall not be made on behalf of a person specified in F2paragraph (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j) subsection (2) except by a person holding office under the Crown.
Pt. 1 Ch. 1 omitted (12.3.2018 for the omission of ss. 12, 13, 14(2)(c), 27.6.2018 for the omission of ss. 1 (for specified purposes), 3, 4, 17, 18, 19, 8.8.2018 for the omission of ss. 6, 9 for specified purposes, 26.9.2018 for the omission of s. 1 so far as not already in force, 7.11.2018 for the omission of ss. 6 (so far as not already in force), 7, 9 (for specified purposes), 27.12.2018 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25), s. 272(1), Sch. 10 para. 45 (with Sch. 9 paras. 7, 8, 10); S.I. 2018/341, reg. 2(n) (with reg. 3); S.I. 2018/652, regs. 13, 14(c) (with regs. 15(4), 16, 19(1)(6)); S.I. 2018/940, regs. 3(h), 4(a), 5(f)