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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 6 — Bulk warrants
Chapter 1 — Bulk interception warrants
PART 6
BULK WARRANTS
CHAPTER 1
BULK INTERCEPTION WARRANTS
Bulk interception warrants
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Bulk interception warrants
(1)
For the purposes of this Act a “bulk interception warrant” is a warrant issued
under this Chapter which meets conditions A and B.
(2)
Condition A is that the main purpose of the warrant is one or more of the
following—
(a) the interception of overseas-related communications (see subsection
(3));
(b) the obtaining of secondary data from such communications (see section
137).
(3)
In this Chapter “overseas-related communications” means—
(a) communications sent by individuals who are outside the British
Islands, or
(b) communications received by individuals who are outside the British
Islands.
(4)
Condition B is that the warrant authorises or requires the person to whom it is
addressed to secure, by any conduct described in the warrant, any one or more
of the following activities—
(a) the interception, in the course of their transmission by means of a
telecommunication system, of communications described in the
warrant;
(b) the obtaining of secondary data from communications transmitted by
means of such a system and described in the warrant;
(c) the selection for examination, in any manner described in the warrant,
of intercepted content or secondary data obtained under the warrant;
(d) the disclosure, in any manner described in the warrant, of anything
obtained under the warrant to the person to whom the warrant is
addressed or to any person acting on that person’s behalf.
(5)
A bulk interception warrant also authorises the following conduct (in addition
to the conduct described in the warrant)—
(a) any conduct which it is necessary to undertake in order to do what is
expressly authorised or required by the warrant, including—
(i) the interception of communications not described in the
warrant, and
(ii) conduct for obtaining secondary data from such
communications;
(b) conduct by any person which is conduct in pursuance of a requirement
imposed by or on behalf of the person to whom the warrant is
addressed to be provided with assistance in giving effect to the
warrant;