Part 2Lawful interception of communications

CHAPTER 1Interception and examination with a warrant

Further provision about warrants

I137Notification of major modifications

1

As soon as is reasonably practicable after a person makes a major modification of a warrant under this Chapter, a Judicial Commissioner must be notified of the modification and the reasons for making it.

2

But subsection (1) does not apply where—

a

the modification is made by virtue of section 35(3), or

b

any of sections 26 to 29 applies in relation to the making of the modification.

3

Where a major modification is made by a senior official in accordance with section 35(1) or section 36(6)(a)(ii), the Secretary of State or (in the case of a warrant issued by the Scottish Ministers) a member of the Scottish Government must be notified personally of the modification and the reasons for making it.

4

In this section “senior official” has the same meaning as in section 35.