SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Consequential amendments

PART 1Amendments to Acts

Amendment of the Investigatory Powers Act 20169

1

In section 10 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016—

a

in subsection (1), after paragraph (b) (as closing words of the subsection), insert “so far as the assistance is in connection with, or in the form of, the interception of communications.”;

b

after subsection (2) insert—

2A

Subsection (2) does not apply in the case of a request for assistance in connection with, or in the form of, interception of a communication stored in or by a telecommunication system if the request is made—

a

in the exercise of a statutory power that is exercised for the purpose of obtaining information or taking possession of any document or other property, or

b

in accordance with a court order that is made for that purpose.