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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 2 — Lawful interception of communications
Chapter 1 — Interception and examination with a warrant
(a)
(b)
a statement that the warrant is issued for the purposes of a request for
assistance made under an EU mutual assistance instrument or an
international mutual assistance agreement (as the case may be) by the
competent authorities of a country or territory outside the United
Kingdom, and
whichever of the following statements is applicable—
(i) a statement that the interception subject appears to be outside
the United Kingdom;
(ii) a statement that the interception authorised or required by the
warrant is to take place in relation only to premises outside the
United Kingdom.
(4)
A relevant mutual assistance warrant may be renewed by a senior official
designated by the Secretary of State for that purpose; and references in section
33 to the appropriate person include, in the case of such a warrant, references
to that senior official.
(5)
Where a senior official renews a relevant mutual assistance warrant in
accordance with subsection (4), the instrument renewing the warrant must
contain—
(a) a statement that the renewal is for the purposes of a request for
assistance made under an EU mutual assistance instrument or an
international mutual assistance agreement (as the case may be) by the
competent authorities of a country or territory outside the United
Kingdom, and
(b) whichever of the following statements is applicable—
(i) a statement that the interception subject appears to be outside
the United Kingdom;
(ii) a statement that the interception authorised or required by the
warrant is to take place in relation only to premises outside the
United Kingdom.
(6)
Subsection (7) applies in a case where—
(a) a relevant mutual assistance warrant—
(i) was issued containing the statement set out in subsection
(3)(b)(i), or
(ii) has been renewed by an instrument containing the statement
set out in subsection (5)(b)(i), and
(b) the last renewal (if any) of the warrant was a renewal by a senior official
in accordance with subsection (4).
(7)
If the Secretary of State, or a senior official acting on behalf of the Secretary of
State, believes that the person, group or organisation named or described in the
warrant as the interception subject is in the United Kingdom, that person must
cancel the warrant under section 39.
(8)
In this section—
“the interception subject”, in relation to a warrant, means the person,
group of persons or organisation to which the warrant relates;
“senior official” means a member of the Senior Civil Service or a member
of the Senior Management Structure of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic
Service.