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.