Part 3Authorisations for obtaining communications data

Further and supplementary provision

86Part 3: interpretation

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In this Part—

  • “authorisation” means an authorisation under section 61 (including that section as modified by sections 78 and 80),

  • “designated senior officer”—

    1. a

      in relation to a relevant public authority which is a local authority, has the meaning given by section 73(2), and

    2. b

      in relation to any other relevant public authority, has the meaning given by section 70(3),

  • “filtering arrangements” means any arrangements under section 67(1),

  • “officer”, in relation to a relevant public authority, means a person holding an office, rank or position with that authority,

  • “relevant public authority” means a public authority which is a relevant public authority for the purposes of this Part by virtue of section 70(2) or 73(1).

2

In this Part “local authority” means—

a

a district or county council in England,

b

a London borough council,

c

the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority,

d

the Council of the Isles of Scilly,

e

a county council or county borough council in Wales,

f

a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, and

g

a district council in Northern Ireland.

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See also—

  • section 261 (telecommunications definitions),

  • section 262 (postal definitions),

  • section 263 (general definitions),

  • section 265 (index of defined expressions).