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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 6 — Bulk warrants
Chapter 2 — Bulk acquisition warrants
(a)
any copy, extract or summary of the data which identifies the
data as having been obtained under the warrant, and
(b) any record referring to the obtaining of the data which is a
record of the identities of the persons to whom the data relates,
and “copied” is to be read accordingly,
“overseas authorities” means authorities of a country or territory outside
the United Kingdom.
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Safeguards relating to examination of data
(1)
For the purposes of section 171 the requirements of this section are met in
relation to the communications data obtained under a warrant if—
(a) any selection of the data for examination is carried out only for the
specified purposes (see subsection (2)), and
(b) the selection of any of the data for examination is necessary and
proportionate in all the circumstances.
(2)
The selection of communications data for examination is carried out only for
the specified purposes if the data is selected for examination only so far as is
necessary for the operational purposes specified in the warrant in accordance
with section 161.
(3)
In subsection (2) “specified in the warrant” means specified in the warrant at
the time of the selection of the data for examination.
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Offence of breaching safeguards relating to examination of data
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person selects for examination any communications data obtained
under a bulk acquisition warrant,
(b) the person knows or believes that the selection of that data for
examination does not comply with a requirement imposed by section
172, and
(c) the person deliberately selects that data for examination in breach of
that requirement.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months (or 6
months, if the offence was committed before the
commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act
2003), or
(ii) to a fine,
or to both;
(b) on summary conviction in Scotland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
or to both;
(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
or to both;