Intelligence Services Act 1994
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(b) in any other case, at the end of the period ending with the second
working day following that day.
(3) If at any time before the day on which a warrant would cease to
have effect the Secretary of State considers it necessary for the warrant to
continue to have effect for the purpose for which it was issued, he may by
an instrument under his hand renew it for a period of six months
beginning with that day.
(4) The Secretary of State shall cancel a warrant if he is satisfied that
the action authorised by it is no longer necessary.
(5) In the preceding provisions of this section "warrant" means a
warrant under section 5 above.
(6) As regards the Security Service, this section and section 5 above
have effect in place of section 3 (property warrants) of the 1989 Act, and
accordingly—
(a) a warrant issued under that section of the 1989 Act and current
when this section and section 5 above come into force shall be
treated as a warrant under section 5 above, but without any
change in the date on which the warrant was in fact issued or last
renewed; and
(b) section
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of the 1989 Act shall cease to have effect.
7.—(1) If, apart from this section, a person would be liable in the Authorisation of
United Kingdom for any act done outside the British Islands, he shall not acts outside the
be so liable if the act is one which is authorised to be done by virtue of an British Islands.
authorisation given by the Secretary of State under this section.
(2) In subsection (1) above "liable in the United Kingdom" means
liable under the criminal or civil law of any part of the United Kingdom.
(3) The Secretary of State shall not give an authorisation under this
section unless he is satisfied—
(a) that any acts which may be done in reliance on the authorisation
or, as the case may be, the operation in the course of which the
acts may be done will be necessary for the proper discharge of a
function of the Intelligence Service; and
(b) that there are satisfactory arrangements in force to secure—
(i) that nothing will be done in reliance on the
authorisation beyond what is necessary for the proper
discharge of-a function of the Intelligence Service; and
(ii) that, in so far as any acts may be done in reliance on
the authorisation, their nature and likely consequences will be
reasonable, having regard to the purposes for which they are
carried out; and
(c) that there are satisfactory arrangements in force under section
2(2)(a) above with respect to the disclosure of information
obtained by virtue of this section and that any information
obtained by virtue of anything done in reliance on the
authorisation will be subject to those arrangements.
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