PART 1GENERAL AND COMMENCEMENT
Equipment interference provisions coming into force on 31st May 20184
The following provisions of Part 5 of the 2016 Act (equipment interference) come into force on 31st May 2018—
a
section 99 (warrants under this Part: general);
b
section 100 (meaning of “equipment data”);
c
section 101 (subject-matter of warrants);
d
in section 102 (power to issue warrants to intelligence services: the Secretary of State)—
i
subsections (1) to (3) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant;
ii
subsection (4) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant and only if the Secretary of State considers that the only grounds for considering the warrant to be necessary is for the purpose of preventing or detecting serious crime;
iii
subsections (5) to (9);
e
in section 103 (power to issue warrants to intelligence services: the Scottish Ministers)—
i
subsections (1) and (2) for the purpose of the Scottish Ministers deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant;
ii
subsections (3) and (4);
f
section 104 (power to issue warrants to the Chief of Defence Intelligence)—
i
subsection (1) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant;
ii
subsections (2) and (3);
g
section 105 (decision to issue warrants under sections 102 to 104 to be taken personally by Ministers);
h
in section 108 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners) so far as relating to decisions to issue warrants under any of sections 102 to 104;
i
section 111(1) to (3) and (8) (members of Parliament etc.);
j
section 112 (items subject to legal privilege);
k
section 113 (confidential journalistic material);
l
section 114 (sources of journalistic information);
m
section 115 (requirements that must be met by warrants) so far as relating to warrants under any of sections 102 to 104;
n
section 129 (safeguards relating to retention and disclosure of material) so far as relating to warrants under any of sections 102 to 104;
o
section 130 (safeguards relating to disclosure of material overseas);
p
section 135 (Part 5: interpretation).