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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 2 — Lawful interception of communications
Chapter 1 — Interception and examination with a warrant
(i)
(b)
communications from, or intended for, the person will or may
be intercepted by an interception authorised or required by the
warrant, or
(ii) secondary data will or may be obtained under the warrant from
communications from, or intended for, the person;
in the case of a targeted examination warrant, the content of
communications from, or intended for, the person may be selected for
examination under the warrant.
(8)
Where—
(a) a targeted interception warrant or mutual assistance warrant
authorises or requires the interception of communications described in
the warrant, or the obtaining of secondary data from such
communications, or
(b) a targeted examination warrant authorises the selection of the content
of communications for examination,
the warrant must specify the addresses, numbers, apparatus, or other factors,
or combination of factors, that are to be used for identifying the
communications.
(9)
Any factor, or combination of factors, specified in accordance with subsection
(8) must be one that identifies communications which are likely to be or to
include—
(a) communications from, or intended for, any person or organisation
named or described in the warrant, or
(b) communications originating on, or intended for transmission to, any
premises named or described in the warrant.
(10)
In this section any reference to communications from, or intended for, a person
or organisation includes communications from, or intended for, anything
owned, controlled or operated by that person or organisation.
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Duration of warrants
(1)
A warrant under this Chapter ceases to have effect at the end of the relevant
period (see subsection (2)), unless—
(a) it is renewed before the end of that period (see section 33), or
(b) it is cancelled or otherwise ceases to have effect before the end of that
period (see sections 24 and 39).
(2)
In this section “the relevant period”—
(a) in the case of an urgent warrant which has not been renewed, means the
period ending with the fifth working day after the day on which the
warrant was issued;
(b) in any other case, means the period of 6 months beginning with—
(i) the day on which the warrant was issued, or
(ii) in the case of a warrant that has been renewed, the day after the
day at the end of which the warrant would have ceased to have
effect if it had not been renewed.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2)(a) a warrant is an “urgent warrant” if—
(a) the warrant was issued without the approval of a Judicial
Commissioner, and