Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 6 — Bulk warrants
Chapter 3 — Bulk equipment interference warrants
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must authorise or require the person to whom it is addressed to secure
the obtaining of the communications, equipment data or other
information to which the warrant relates;
may also authorise or require the person to whom it is addressed to
secure—
(i) the selection for examination, in any manner described in the
warrant, of any material obtained under the warrant by virtue
of paragraph (a);
(ii) the disclosure, in any manner described in the warrant, of any
such material to the person to whom the warrant is addressed
or to any person acting on that person’s behalf.
(5)
A bulk equipment interference 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 conduct for
securing the obtaining of communications, equipment data or other
information;
(b) any 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.
(6)
A bulk equipment interference warrant may not, by virtue of subsection (4)(a),
authorise a person to engage in conduct, in relation to a communication other
than a stored communication, which would (unless done with lawful
authority) constitute an offence under section 3(1) (unlawful interception).
(7)
Subsection (5)(a) does not authorise a person to engage in conduct which could
not be expressly authorised under the warrant because of the restriction
imposed by subsection (6).
(8)
In subsection (6), “stored communication” means a communication stored in or
by a telecommunication system (whether before or after its transmission).
(9)
Any conduct which is carried out in accordance with a bulk equipment
interference warrant is lawful for all purposes.
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Meaning of “equipment data”
(1)
In this Chapter, “equipment data” means—
(a) systems data;
(b) data which falls within subsection (2).
(2)
The data falling within this subsection is identifying data which—
(a) is, for the purposes of a relevant system, comprised in, included as part
of, attached to or logically associated with a communication (whether
by the sender or otherwise) or any other item of information,
(b) is capable of being logically separated from the remainder of the
communication or the item of information, and
(c) if it were so separated, would not reveal anything of what might
reasonably be considered to be the meaning (if any) of the
communication or the item of information, disregarding any meaning
arising from the fact of the communication or the existence of the item
of information or from any data relating to that fact.