PART 2TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2Transitional and saving provisions regarding equipment interference
Safeguards relating to retention and disclosure of relevant ISA material24
From 27th December 2018—
a
sections 129 to 130 of the 2016 Act apply to relevant ISA material as they apply to material obtained under a targeted equipment interference warrant;
b
section 131 of the 2016 Act applies in relation to an item subject to legal privilege which is relevant ISA material as it applies in relation to an item subject to legal privilege which has been obtained under a targeted equipment interference warrant.
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In this regulation, “relevant ISA material” means material which—
a
consists of communications, private information or equipment data;
b
was obtained as a result of conduct—
i
authorised under a warrant issued under section 5 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994, or under an authorisation given under section 7 of that Act, and
ii
which as a consequence of section 13 of the 2016 Act an intelligence service may not engage in except under the authority of an equipment interference warrant, and
c
was obtained before the coming into force of section 13 of that Act or under a warrant or authorisation to which section 13 did not apply as a consequence of regulation 21.