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Investigatory Powers Act 2016, Section 221 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

221Safeguards relating to examination of bulk personal datasetsU.K.

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(1)The Secretary of State must ensure, in relation to every class BPD warrant or specific BPD warrant which authorises examination of bulk personal datasets of a class described in the warrant or (as the case may be) of a bulk personal dataset described in the warrant, that arrangements are in force for securing that—

(a)any selection of data contained in the datasets (or dataset) for examination is carried out only for the specified purposes (see subsection (2)), and

(b)the selection of any such data for examination is necessary and proportionate in all the circumstances.

(2)The selection of data contained in bulk personal datasets for examination is carried out only for the specified purposes if the data is selected for examination only so far as is necessary for the operational purposes specified in the warrant in accordance with section 212.

(3)The Secretary of State must also ensure, in relation to every specific BPD warrant which specifies conditions imposed under section 207, that arrangements are in force for securing that any selection for examination of protected data on the basis of criteria which are referable to an individual known to be in the British Islands at the time of the selection is in accordance with the conditions specified in the warrant.

(4)In this section “specified in the warrant” means specified in the warrant at the time of the selection of the data for examination.

Commencement Information

I1S. 221 in force at 25.7.2018 by S.I. 2018/873, reg. 2(t) (with reg. 6(d))

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