Version Superseded: 27/03/2020
Point in time view as at 30/08/2018. This version of this provision has been superseded.
Investigatory Powers Act 2016, Section 24 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 March 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.
(1)This section applies where—
(a)a warrant under this Chapter is issued without the approval of a Judicial Commissioner, and
(b)the person who decided to issue the warrant considered that there was an urgent need to issue it.
(2)The person who decided to issue the warrant must inform a Judicial Commissioner that it has been issued.
(3)The Judicial Commissioner must, before the end of the relevant period—
(a)decide whether to approve the decision to issue the warrant, and
(b)notify the person of the Judicial Commissioner's decision.
“The relevant period” means the period ending with the third working day after the day on which the warrant was issued.
(4)If a Judicial Commissioner refuses to approve the decision to issue a warrant, the warrant—
(a)ceases to have effect (unless already cancelled), and
(b)may not be renewed,
and section 23(5) does not apply in relation to the refusal to approve the decision.
(5)Section 25 contains further provision about what happens if a Judicial Commissioner refuses to approve the decision to issue a warrant.
Commencement Information
I1S. 24 in force at 27.6.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 8(b)
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download. You may also experience some issues with your browser, such as an alert box that a script is taking a long time to run.
Would you like to continue?
The Whole Act without Schedules you have selected contains over 200 provisions and might take some time to download.
Would you like to continue?
All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 except where otherwise stated. This site additionally contains content derived from EUR-Lex, reused under the terms of the Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of documents from the EU institutions. For more information see the EUR-Lex public statement on re-use.
