SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10Minor and consequential provision

Part 5Equipment interference

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

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1

Paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (persons having the appropriate permission where data obtained under warrant etc) is amended as follows.

2

In sub-paragraph (1)—

a

omit the “or” at the end of paragraph (a);

b

after paragraph (b) insert

; or

c

a targeted equipment interference warrant issued under section 106 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (powers of law enforcement chiefs to issue warrants to law enforcement officers).

3

In sub-paragraph (5), at the end insert “ or under a targeted equipment interference warrant issued under section 106 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. ”

4

In sub-paragraph (6)—

a

omit the “and” at the end of paragraph (b);

b

after paragraph (c) insert

; and

d

in relation to protected information obtained under a warrant issued under section 106 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, means the person who issued the warrant or, if that person was an appropriate delegate in relation to a law enforcement chief, either that person or the law enforcement chief.

5

After sub-paragraph (6) insert—

6A

In sub-paragraph (6)(d), the references to a law enforcement chief and to an appropriate delegate in relation to a law enforcement chief are to be read in accordance with section 106(5) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.