2020 No. 38

Electronic Communications

The Overseas Production Orders and Requests for Interception (Designation of Agreement) Regulations 2020

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5)(b) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 20191 and section 52(3) of the Investigatory Powers Act 20162 makes the following Regulations.

The Secretary of State has sought written assurances as required by section 52(7) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.

The Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a copy of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime3 under section 20(1)(a) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 20104.