Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (c. 25)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 2 Consequential amendments and transitional provision relating to Part 1

Part 1 Consequential amendments to Acts of Parliament

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23)

11 (1) Amend section 81 as follows.

(2) In subsection (7) for “home civil service or diplomatic service” substitute “statutory civil service (or any part of it)”.

(3) After subsection (7) insert—

“(8) In subsection (7) “the statutory civil service” means—

(a) the civil service within the meaning of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 (see section 1(4) of that Act), but

(b) also includes the Government Communications Headquarters.”