Part 7Bulk personal dataset warrants
Requirement for warrant
200Requirement for authorisation by warrant: general
1
An intelligence service may not exercise a power to retain a bulk personal dataset unless the retention of the dataset is authorised by a warrant under this Part.
2
An intelligence service may not exercise a power to examine a bulk personal dataset retained by it unless the examination is authorised by a warrant under this Part.
3
For the purposes of this Part, there are two kinds of warrant—
a
a warrant, referred to in this Part as “a class BPD warrant”, authorising an intelligence service to retain, or to retain and examine, any bulk personal dataset of a class described in the warrant;
b
a warrant, referred to in this Part as “a specific BPD warrant”, authorising an intelligence service to retain, or to retain and examine, any bulk personal dataset described in the warrant.
4
Section 201 sets out exceptions to the restrictions imposed by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.