Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 7 — Bulk personal dataset warrants
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intelligence services (“the list of operational purposes”), as purposes which
they consider are operational purposes for which data contained in bulk
personal datasets retained in reliance on class BPD warrants or specific BPD
warrants may be selected for examination.
(6)
A class BPD warrant or a specific BPD warrant may, in particular, specify all of
the operational purposes which, at the time the warrant is issued, are specified
in the list of operational purposes.
(7)
An operational purpose may be specified in the list of operational purposes
only with the approval of the Secretary of State.
(8)
The Secretary of State may give such approval only if satisfied that the
operational purpose is specified in a greater level of detail than the descriptions
contained in section 204(3)(a) or (as the case may be) section 205(6)(a).
(9)
At the end of each relevant three-month period, the Secretary of State must
give a copy of the list of operational purposes to the Intelligence and Security
Committee of Parliament.
(10)
In subsection (9), “relevant three-month period” means—
(a) the period of three months beginning with the day on which this
section comes into force, and
(b) each successive period of three months.
(11)
The Prime Minister must review the list of operational purposes at least once a
year.
(12)
In this Part, “the specified operational purposes”, in relation to a class BPD
warrant or a specific BPD warrant, means the operational purposes specified
in the warrant in accordance with this section.
Duration, modification and cancellation
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Duration of warrants
(1)
A class BPD warrant or a specific BPD warrant ceases to have effect at the end
of the relevant period (see subsection (2)) unless—
(a) it is renewed before the end of that period (see section 214), or
(b) it is cancelled or (in the case of a specific BPD warrant) otherwise ceases
to have effect before the end of that period (see sections 209 and 218).
(2)
In this section, “the relevant period”—
(a) in the case of an urgent specific BPD warrant (see subsection (3)), means
the period ending with the fifth working day after the day on which the
warrant was issued;
(b) in any other case, means the period of 6 months beginning with—
(i) the day on which the warrant was issued, or
(ii) in the case of a warrant that has been renewed, the day after the
day at the end of which the warrant would have ceased to have
effect if it had not been renewed.
(3)
For the purposes of subsection (2)(a), a specific BPD warrant is an “urgent
specific BPD warrant” if—
(a) the warrant was issued without the approval of a Judicial
Commissioner, and