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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 6 — Bulk warrants
Chapter 1 — Bulk interception warrants
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Application of other restrictions in relation to warrants
(1)
Section 56 and Schedule 3 (exclusion of matters from legal proceedings etc.)
apply in relation to bulk interception warrants as they apply in relation to
targeted interception warrants.
(2)
Sections 57 to 59 (duty not to make unauthorised disclosures) apply in relation
to bulk interception warrants as they apply in relation to targeted interception
warrants, but as if the reference in section 58(2)(c) to a requirement for
disclosure imposed by virtue of section 41(5) were a reference to such a
requirement imposed by virtue of section 149(4).
Interpretation
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Chapter 1: interpretation
(1)
In this Chapter—
“intercepted content”, in relation to a bulk interception warrant, means
any content of communications intercepted by an interception
authorised or required by the warrant;
“overseas-related communications” has the meaning given by section 136;
“secondary data” has the meaning given by section 137, and references to
obtaining secondary data from a communication are to be read in
accordance with that section;
“senior official” means a member of the Senior Civil Service or a member
of the Senior Management Structure of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic
Service;
“the specified operational purposes” has the meaning given by section
142(11).
(2)
See also—
section 261 (telecommunications definitions),
section 263 (general definitions),
section 264 (general definitions: “journalistic material” etc.),
section 265 (index of defined expressions).
CHAPTER 2
BULK ACQUISITION WARRANTS
Bulk acquisition warrants
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(1)
Power to issue bulk acquisition warrants
The Secretary of State may, on an application made by or on behalf of the head
of an intelligence service, issue a bulk acquisition warrant if—
(a) the Secretary of State considers that the warrant is necessary—
(i) in the interests of national security, or
(ii) on that ground and on any other grounds falling within
subsection (2),