Part 6

Bulk warrants
CHAPTER 3

Bulk equipment interference warrants

Interpretation

Chapter 3: interpretation
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In this Chapter—
- “communication” includes—
  1. anything comprising speech, music, sounds, visual images or data of any description, and
  2. signals serving either for the impartation of anything between persons, between a person and a thing or between things or for the actuation or control of any apparatus;
- “equipment” means equipment producing electromagnetic, acoustic or other emissions or any device capable of being used in connection with such equipment;
- “equipment data” has the meaning given by section 177;
- “private information” includes information relating to a person's private or family life;
- “protected material”, in relation to a bulk equipment interference warrant, has the meaning given by section 193(9);
- “senior official” means a member of the Senior Civil Service or a member of the Senior Management Structure of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service;
- “the specified operational purposes” has the meaning given by section 183(12).
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See also—
- section 261 (telecommunications definitions);
- section 263 (general definitions);
- section 264 (general definitions: “journalistic material” etc.);
- section 265 (index of defined expressions).
S. 198 in force at 31.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 5(s)