6 Application for issue of an interception warrant.U.K.
(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;
[F1(d)the Director General of the National Crime Agency;]
F2(da). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e)the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
(f)the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;
(g)the chief constable of [F3the Police Service of Scotland];
(h)[F4the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs];
(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 [F5paragraph (a), (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (h), (i) or (j)] subsection (2) except by a person holding office under the Crown.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 6(2)(d) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 78; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)
F2S. 6(2)(da) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 33(2)(a)
F3Words in s. 6(2)(g) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 33(2)(b)
F4Words in s. 6(2)(h) substituted (15.2.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 88, 94, Sch. 12 para. 6; S.I. 2008/219, art. 2(b)
F5Words in s. 6(3) inserted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178, Sch. 4 para. 132(3); S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 6(2)(h) restricted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), ss. 16, 17, 53(1), Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 11(2)(a); S. I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(d)