Part 7B

Third party bulk personal datasets

Requirement for warrant

Requirement for authorisation by warrant
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1
An intelligence service may not exercise a power to examine a third party bulk personal dataset unless the examination of the dataset is authorised by a third party BPD warrant.
2
A “third party BPD warrant” is a warrant issued under this Part authorising an intelligence service to examine any third party bulk personal dataset described in the warrant.
3
A third party BPD warrant may authorise the examination of a bulk personal dataset—
a
the content of which may vary from time to time, or
b
that does not exist at the time of the issue of the warrant.
Pt. 7B inserted (14.10.2024 for specified purposes, 25.4.2025 in so far as not already in force) by Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (c. 9), ss. 5, 32(2); S.I. 2024/1021, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2025/501, reg. 2