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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part I
Chapter I
(b) the latest renewal (if any) of the warrant is not a renewal by an
instrument under the hand of the Secretary of State,
that the person named or described in the warrant as the interception
subject is in the United Kingdom.
(5) An instrument under the hand of a senior official that renews an
interception warrant must contain—
(a) a statement that the renewal is for the purposes of a request for
assistance made under an international mutual assistance
agreement 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 to which the warrant
relates is to take place in relation only to premises outside the
United Kingdom.
(6) In this section “the relevant period”—
(a) in relation to an unrenewed warrant issued in a case falling
within section 7(2)(a) under the hand of a senior official, means
the period ending with the fifth working day following the day
of the warrant’s issue;
(b) in relation to a renewed warrant the latest renewal of which was
by an instrument endorsed under the hand of the Secretary of
State with a statement that the renewal is believed to be
necessary on grounds falling within section 5(3)(a) or (c), means
the period of six months beginning with the day of the warrant’s
renewal; and
(c) in all other cases, means the period of three months beginning
with the day of the warrant’s issue or, in the case of a warrant
that has been renewed, of its latest renewal.
Modification of
warrants and
certificates.
10.—(1) The Secretary of State may at any time—
(a) modify the provisions of an interception warrant; or
(b) modify a section 8(4) certificate so as to include in the certified
material any material the examination of which he considers to
be necessary as mentioned in section 5(3)(a), (b) or (c).
(2) If at any time the Secretary of State considers that any factor set
out in a schedule to an interception warrant is no longer relevant for
identifying communications which, in the case of that warrant, are likely
to be or to include communications falling within section 8(3)(a) or (b),
it shall be his duty to modify the warrant by the deletion of that factor.
(3) If at any time the Secretary of State considers that the material
certified by a section 8(4) certificate includes any material the examination
of which is no longer necessary as mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to
(c) of section 5(3), he shall modify the certificate so as to exclude that
material from the certified material.
(4) Subject to subsections (5) to (8), a warrant or certificate shall not
be modified under this section except by an instrument under the hand of
the Secretary of State or of a senior official.