Part 3

Authorisations for obtaining communications data

Further provision about authorisations

Additional restrictions on grant of authorisations under section 61
63
1
A designated senior officer may not grant an authorisation under section 61 for the purposes of a specific investigation or a specific operation if the officer is working on that investigation or operation.
2
But, if the designated senior officer considers that there are exceptional circumstances which mean that subsection (1) should not apply in a particular case, that subsection does not apply in that case.
3
Examples of exceptional circumstances include—
a
an imminent threat to life or another emergency,
b
the investigation or operation concerned is one where there is an exceptional need, in the interests of national security, to keep knowledge of it to a minimum, or
c
there is an opportunity to obtain information where—
i
the opportunity is rare,
ii
the time to act is short, and
iii
the need to obtain the information is significant and in the interests of national security.
d. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
S. 62 cross-heading inserted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 2 (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))
Words in s. 63(1) inserted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 4(3) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))
Words in s. 63 heading inserted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 4(2) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))
Word in s. 63(3)(b) inserted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(a) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))
S. 63(3)(d) omitted (5.2.2019) by virtue of The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)(b) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))
S. 63 in force at 5.2.2019 by S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(d)