Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 9 — Miscellaneous and general provisions
Chapter 1 — Miscellaneous
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by delivering it to the person’s principal office within the United
Kingdom or, if the person has no such office in the United Kingdom, to
any place in the United Kingdom where the person carries on business
or conducts activities;
if the person has specified an address in the United Kingdom as one at
which the person, or someone on the person’s behalf, will accept
documents of the same description as a notice, by delivering it to that
address.
(7)
The Secretary of State may by regulations make further provision about the
giving of relevant notices.
(8)
A person to whom a relevant notice is given, or any person employed or
engaged for the purposes of that person’s business, must not disclose the
existence or contents of the notice to any other person without the permission
of the Secretary of State.
(9)
A person to whom a relevant notice is given must comply with the notice.
(10)
The duty imposed by subsection (9) is enforceable—
(a) in relation to a person in the United Kingdom, and
(b) so far as relating to a technical capability notice within subsection (11),
in relation to a person outside the United Kingdom,
by civil proceedings by the Secretary of State for an injunction, or for specific
performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act
1988, or for any other appropriate relief.
(11)
A technical capability notice is within this subsection if it relates to any of the
following—
(a) a targeted interception warrant or mutual assistance warrant under
Chapter 1 of Part 2;
(b) a bulk interception warrant;
(c) an authorisation or notice given under Part 3.
(12)
Subsection (9) applies to a person to whom a national security notice is given
despite any other duty imposed on the person by or under Part 1, or Chapter 1
of Part 2, of the Communications Act 2003.
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Variation and revocation of notices
(1)
In this section “relevant notice” means—
(a) a national security notice under section 252, or
(b) a technical capability notice under section 253.
(2)
The Secretary of State must keep each relevant notice under review.
(3)
The Secretary of State may—
(a) vary a relevant notice;
(b) revoke a relevant notice (whether wholly or in part).
(4)
The Secretary of State may vary a national security notice given to a person
only if—
(a) the Secretary of State considers that the variation is necessary in the
interests of national security,