Investigatory Powers Act 2016

86 Part 3: interpretation

(1) In this Part—

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

• “designated senior officer”—

  (a)

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

  (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.

(3) See also—

• section 261 (telecommunications definitions),

• section 262 (postal definitions),

• section 263 (general definitions),

• section 265 (index of defined expressions).