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.”