Provisions coming into force on 25th July 20182

The following provisions of the 2016 Act come into force on 25th July 2018—

a

section 2 (general duties in relation to privacy) so far as it applies to decisions relating to—

i

Chapter 2 of Part 6;

ii

Part 7, except decisions whether—

aa

to approve the use of criteria under section 222;

bb

to give an authorisation under section 219(3)(b);

cc

to approve a decision to give an authorisation under section 219(3)(b);

b

section 158 (power to issue bulk acquisition warrants) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a bulk acquisition warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;

c

section 159 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners);

d

section 160 (decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State);

e

section 161 (requirements that must be met by warrants);

f

section 171 (safeguards relating to the retention and disclosure of data);

g

section 172 (safeguards relating to examination of data);

h

section 175 (Chapter 2: interpretation);

i

section 199 (bulk personal datasets: interpretation), so far as not already in force;

j

section 200(3) (types of BPD warrants);

k

section 202 (restriction on use of class BPD warrants);

l

section 203 (meaning of “protected data”);

m

section 204 (class BPD warrants), for the purpose of an application for a class BPD warrant and the Secretary of State deciding to issue such a warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;

n

section 205 (specific BPD warrants), for the purpose of an application for a specific BPD warrant and the Secretary of State deciding to issue such a warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;

o

section 206 (additional safeguards for health records);

p

section 207 (protected data: power to impose conditions);

q

section 208 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners);

r

section 211 (decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State);

s

section 212 (requirements that must be met by warrants);

t

section 221 (safeguards relating to examination of bulk personal datasets);

u

section 225 (application of Part to bulk personal datasets obtained under this Act), for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to give a direction and a Judicial Commissioner giving approval, but not for the purpose of the giving of such a direction;

v

section 226 (Part 7: interpretation);

w

section 238 (funding, staff and facilities etc.), so far as not already in force;

x

paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 (definitions of “other relevant crime” and “serious crime”), and section 270(1) so far as it relates to that paragraph.