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.