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.