SCHEDULE 5MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS

Intelligence Services Act 1994 (c. 13)I114

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The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is amended as follows.

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In section 6 (warrants: procedure and duration, etc.)–

a

in subsection (1)–

i

in paragraph (a), after the words “Secretary of State”, there are inserted the words “or, in the case of a warrant by the Scottish Ministers (by virtue of provision made under section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998), a member of the Scottish Executive”???; and

ii

at the end of paragraph (b) there is inserted–

; or

c

in an urgent case where, the Scottish Ministers have (by virtue of provision made under section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998) expressly authorised its issue and a statement of that fact is endorsed thereon, under the hand of a member of the staff of the Scottish Administration who is in the Senior Civil Service and is designated by the Scottish Ministers as a person under whose hand a warrant may be issued in such a case.

b

in subsection (2), after “Secretary of State”, there is inserted “or, in the case of a warrant issued by the Scottish Ministers (by virtue of provision made under section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998), a member of the Scottish Executive”.

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