Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 9 — Miscellaneous and general provisions
Chapter 2 — General
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“civil proceedings” means any proceedings in or before any court or
tribunal that are not criminal proceedings,
“crime” means conduct which—
(a) constitutes one or more criminal offences, or
(b) is, or corresponds to, any conduct which, if it all took place in
any one part of the United Kingdom, would constitute one or
more criminal offences,
“criminal proceedings” includes proceedings before a court in respect of
a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (and
references to criminal prosecutions are to be read accordingly),
“data” includes data which is not electronic data and any information
(whether or not electronic),
“destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a
way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions
are to be read accordingly),
“enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made; and
includes—
(a) an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the
meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978,
(b) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, an
Act of the Scottish Parliament,
(c) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under, a
Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, and
(d) an enactment contained in, or in an instrument made under,
Northern Ireland legislation,
“enhanced affirmative procedure” is to be read in accordance with section
268,
“functions” includes powers and duties,
“GCHQ” has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994,
“head”, in relation to an intelligence service, means—
(a) in relation to the Security Service, the Director-General,
(b) in relation to the Secret Intelligence Service, the Chief, and
(c) in relation to GCHQ, the Director,
“Her Majesty’s forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act
2006,
“identifying data” has the meaning given by subsection (2),
“intelligence service” means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence
Service or GCHQ,
“the Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means the person appointed
under section 227(1)(a) (and the expression is also to be read in
accordance with section 227(13)(b)),
“the Investigatory Powers Tribunal” means the tribunal established under
section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000,
“items subject to legal privilege”—
(a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in
the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 10 of that
Act),
(b) in relation to Scotland, means—
(i) communications between a professional legal adviser
and the adviser’s client, or