Investigatory Powers Act 2016

[F1 226D Section 226A ceasing to apply to part of bulk personal dataset U.K.

(1) Subsections (2) to (4) apply where—

(a) an individual authorisation is granted under this Part in relation to any bulk personal dataset, and

(b) in the course of examining the dataset in accordance with the authorisation, the head of the intelligence service, or a person acting on their behalf, believes that section 226A does not apply, or no longer applies, to part of the dataset.

(2) The head of the intelligence service must, so far as is reasonably practicable, secure that anything in the process of being done in relation to that part of the bulk personal dataset in reliance on the authorisation stops as soon as possible.

(3) Section 220 (Part 7 initial examinations: time limits) applies in relation to that part of the bulk personal dataset as if the intelligence service had obtained that part of the dataset at the time when the head of the intelligence service, or the person acting on their behalf, first formed the beliefs mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

(4) The individual authorisation in relation to that part of the bulk personal dataset is to be treated as if it had been cancelled under section 226CB at that time.

(5) Nothing in this section affects the lawfulness of—

(a) anything done in reliance on the authorisation before it ceases to have effect;

(b) if anything is in the process of being done in reliance on the authorisation when it ceases to have effect—

(i) anything done before that thing could be stopped, or

(ii) anything done that it is not reasonably practicable to stop.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 7A inserted (14.10.2024) by Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (c. 9), ss. 2, 32(2); S.I. 2024/1021, reg. 2(b)