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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 7 — Bulk personal dataset warrants
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if anything is in the process of being done in reliance on the warrant
when it ceases to have effect—
(i) anything done before that thing could be stopped, or
(ii) anything done that it is not reasonably practicable to stop.
Decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State
(1)
The decision to issue a class BPD warrant or a specific BPD warrant must be
taken personally by the Secretary of State.
(2)
Before a class BPD warrant is issued, it must be signed by the Secretary of State.
(3)
Before a specific BPD warrant is issued, it must be signed by the Secretary of
State (subject to subsection (4)).
(4)
If it is not reasonably practicable for a specific BPD warrant to be signed by the
Secretary of State, it may be signed by a senior official designated by the
Secretary of State for that purpose.
(5)
In such a case, the warrant must contain a statement that—
(a) it is not reasonably practicable for the warrant to be signed by the
Secretary of State, and
(b) the Secretary of State has personally and expressly authorised the issue
of the warrant.
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Requirements that must be met by warrants
(1)
A class BPD warrant or a specific BPD warrant must contain a provision stating
whether it is a class BPD warrant or (as the case may be) a specific BPD
warrant.
(2)
A class BPD warrant or a specific BPD warrant must be addressed to the head
of the intelligence service by whom, or on whose behalf, the application for the
warrant was made.
(3)
A class BPD warrant must—
(a) include a description of the class of bulk personal datasets to which the
warrant relates, and
(b) where the warrant authorises examination of bulk personal datasets of
that class, specify the operational purposes for which data contained in
bulk personal datasets of that class may be selected for examination.
(4)
A specific BPD warrant must—
(a) describe the bulk personal dataset to which the warrant relates,
(b) where the warrant authorises the retention or examination of
replacement datasets, include a description that will enable those
datasets to be identified,
(c) where the warrant authorises the examination of the bulk personal
dataset or replacement datasets, specify the operational purposes for
which data contained in the bulk personal dataset and any replacement
datasets may be selected for examination, and
(d) where the Secretary of State has imposed conditions under section 207,
specify those conditions.
(5)
The operational purposes specified in a class BPD warrant or a specific BPD
warrant must be ones specified, in a list maintained by the heads of the