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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 8 — Oversight arrangements
Chapter 1 — Investigatory Powers Commissioner and other Judicial Commissioners
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deciding whether to approve the issue, modification or renewal of a
warrant,
deciding whether to direct the destruction of material or how otherwise
to deal with the situation where—
(i) a warrant issued, or modification made, for what was
considered to be an urgent need is not approved, or
(ii) an item subject to legal privilege is retained, following its
examination, for purposes other than the destruction of the
item,
deciding whether to—
(i) approve the grant, modification or renewal of an authorisation,
or
(ii) quash or cancel an authorisation or renewal,
deciding whether to approve—
(i) the giving or varying of a retention notice under Part 4 or a
notice under section 252 or 253, or
(ii) the giving of a notice under section 90(10)(b) or 257(9)(b),
participating in a review under section 90 or 257,
deciding whether to approve an authorisation under section 219(3)(b),
deciding whether to give approval under section 222(4),
deciding whether to approve the giving or varying of a direction under
section 225(3),
making a decision under section 231(1),
deciding whether to order the destruction of records under section 103
of the Police Act 1997, section 37 of the Regulation of Investigatory
Powers Act 2000 or section 15 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers
(Scotland) Act 2000,
deciding whether to make an order under section 103(6) of the Police
Act 1997 (order enabling the taking of action to retrieve anything left on
property in pursuance of an authorisation),
deciding—
(i) an appeal against, or a review of, a decision by another Judicial
Commissioner, and
(ii) any action to take as a result.
In this section—
“bulk personal dataset” is to be read in accordance with section 199,
“equipment data” has the same meaning as in Part 5 (see section 100),
“judicial authority” means a judge, court or tribunal or any person
exercising the functions of a judge, court or tribunal (but does not
include a Judicial Commissioner),
“police force” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 60(1)),
“related systems data” has the meaning given by section 15(6),
“relevant Minister” means a Minister of the Crown or government
department, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or a Northern
Ireland department,
“secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 16).