Valid from 27/06/2018
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000U.K.
64U.K.The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is amended as follows.
65U.K.In section 48 (interpretation of Part 2), in subsection (3)(c)—
(a)omit the “or” at the end of sub-paragraph (i);
(b)after sub-paragraph (ii) insert “; or
(iii)Part 5, or Chapter 3 of Part 6, of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (equipment interference).”
Valid from 05/12/2018
66(1)Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (persons having the appropriate permission where data obtained under warrant etc) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a)omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a);
(b)after paragraph (b) insert “; or
(c)a targeted equipment interference warrant issued under section 106 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (powers of law enforcement chiefs to issue warrants to law enforcement officers).”
(3)In sub-paragraph (5), at the end insert “ or under a targeted equipment interference warrant issued under section 106 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. ”
(4)In sub-paragraph (6)—
(a)omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);
(b)after paragraph (c) insert “; and
(d)in relation to protected information obtained under a warrant issued under section 106 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, means the person who issued the warrant or, if that person was an appropriate delegate in relation to a law enforcement chief, either that person or the law enforcement chief.”
(5)After sub-paragraph (6) insert—
“(6A)In sub-paragraph (6)(d), the references to a law enforcement chief and to an appropriate delegate in relation to a law enforcement chief are to be read in accordance with section 106(5) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.”