Provisions coming into force on 25th July 2018

2.  The following provisions of the 2016 Act come into force on 25th July 2018—

(a) section 2 (general duties in relation to privacy) so far as it applies to decisions relating to—

(i) Chapter 2 of Part 6;

(ii) Part 7, except decisions whether—

(aa) to approve the use of criteria under section 222;

(bb) to give an authorisation under section 219(3)(b);

(cc) to approve a decision to give an authorisation under section 219(3)(b);

(b) section 158 (power to issue bulk acquisition warrants) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a bulk acquisition warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;

(c) section 159 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners);

(d) section 160 (decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State);

(e) section 161 (requirements that must be met by warrants);

(f) section 171 (safeguards relating to the retention and disclosure of data);

(g) section 172 (safeguards relating to examination of data);

(h) section 175 (Chapter 2: interpretation);

(i) section 199 (bulk personal datasets: interpretation), so far as not already in force;

(j) section 200(3) (types of BPD warrants);

(k) section 202 (restriction on use of class BPD warrants);

(l) section 203 (meaning of “protected data”);

(m) section 204 (class BPD warrants), for the purpose of an application for a class BPD warrant and the Secretary of State deciding to issue such a warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;

(n) section 205 (specific BPD warrants), for the purpose of an application for a specific BPD warrant and the Secretary of State deciding to issue such a warrant, but not for the purpose of the issuing of such a warrant;

(o) section 206 (additional safeguards for health records);

(p) section 207 (protected data: power to impose conditions);

(q) section 208 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners);

(r) section 211 (decisions to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State);

(s) section 212 (requirements that must be met by warrants);

(t) section 221 (safeguards relating to examination of bulk personal datasets);

(u) section 225 (application of Part to bulk personal datasets obtained under this Act), for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to give a direction and a Judicial Commissioner giving approval, but not for the purpose of the giving of such a direction;

(v) section 226 (Part 7: interpretation);

(w) section 238 (funding, staff and facilities etc.), so far as not already in force;

(x) paragraph 6 of Schedule 9 (definitions of “other relevant crime” and “serious crime”), and section 270(1) so far as it relates to that paragraph.