Statutory Instruments
INVESTIGATORY POWERS
Made
4th December 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 83(2) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000(1), the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (Commencement No.3) Order 2003.
2. The following provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 shall come into force on 5th January 2004:
(a)Chapter II of Part I (Acquisition and disclosure of communications data) (sections 21 to 25);
(b)section 57(2)(b);
(c)section 58(1)(g), (h) and (j);
(d)sections 65(5)(c) and (8)(b); and
(e)section 68(7)(g) and (h).
Caroline Flint
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
4th December 2003
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force on 5th January 2004, Chapter II of Part I (sections 21 to 25) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 which relate to the acquisition and disclosure of communications data. It also commences those parts of Part IV of the Act which relate to the scrutiny of the powers in Chapter II of Part I.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 have been brought into force by commencement orders before the date of this Order.
| Provisions | Date of Commencement | S.I. No. |
|---|---|---|
| Section 1 (except subsection (3)), section 2 | 02.10.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Section 1(3) | 24.10.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Part II (sections 26 to 48) | 25.09.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Sections 57 to 59 (partially), section 60, sections 65, 67 and 68 (partially), sections 69 and 70 and sections 71 and 72 (both partially) | 02.10.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Section 61, section 62 (partially), sections 63 and 64 and sections 71 and 72 (both partially) | 25.09.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Section 65 and Schedule 5 (both partially and subject to transitional provision) | 02.10.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Sections 71 and 72 (partially) | 13.08.01 | 2001/2727 |
| Sections 73 and 79 and section 82 (partially) | 02.10.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Sections 74 to 78, 80 and 81 and section 82 (partially) | 25.09.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Schedule 1 and Schedules 4 and 5 (both partially) | 25.09.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Schedule 3 and Schedules 4 and 5 (both partially) | 02.10.00 | 2000/2543 |
| Schedule 4 (partially and subject to transitional provision) | 02.10.00 | 2000/2543 |