- added processing
means a description of processing that is sensitive processing for the purposes of section 202 by virtue of provision made under subsection (1)(a);
- address
means— (a) in the case of a registered company, the address of its registered office, (b) in the case of a person (other than a registered company) carrying on a business, the address of the person's principal place of business in the United Kingdom, and (c) in any other case, the person's last known address;
- Affected party
has the meaning given by section 194(14).
- apparatus
includes any equipment, machinery or device (whether physical or logical) and any wire or cable, • “civil proceedings” means any proceedings in or before any court or tribunal that are not criminal proceedings, • “crime” means conduct which— (a) constitutes one or more criminal offences, or (b) is, or corresponds to, any conduct which, if it all took place in any one part of the United Kingdom, would constitute one or more criminal offences, • “criminal proceedings” includes proceedings before a court in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (and references to criminal prosecutions are to be read accordingly), • “data” includes data which is not electronic data and any information (whether or not electronic), • “Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(6A) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made;
- authorisation
means an authorisation under section 60A, 61 or 61A(including sections 61 and 61A as modified by sections 78 and 80), • “designated senior officer”— (a)...
- category authorisation
has the meaning given by section 226BA(1);
- civil proceedings
means any proceedings in or before any court or tribunal that are not criminal proceedings, • “crime” means conduct which— (a) constitutes one or more criminal offences, or (b) is, or corresponds to, any conduct which, if it all took place in any one part of the United Kingdom, would constitute one or more criminal offences, • “criminal proceedings” includes proceedings before a court in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (and references to criminal prosecutions are to be read accordingly), • “data” includes data which is not electronic data and any information (whether or not electronic), • “Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(6A) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made;
- civil service
means the civil service of the State, • “TUPE regulations” means the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/246), and references to the transfer of property include the grant of a lease.
- class BPD warrant
has the meaning given by section 200(3)(a);
- collaboration agreement
means an agreement under section 78 that falls within subsection (1)(b)(iii) of that section, • “subscribing authority” has the same meaning as in section 78, • “supplying authority” has the same meaning as in section 78.
- combined warrant
means a warrant issued under any of Parts 1 to 3 of this Schedule.
- communication
includes— (a) anything comprising speech, music, sounds, visual images or data of any description, and (b) signals serving either for the impartation of anything between persons, between a person and a thing or between things or for the actuation or control of any apparatus;
- copy
has the same meaning as in section 129;
- coroner
means a coroner appointed under section 2 of the 1959 Act;
- crime
means conduct which— (a) constitutes one or more criminal offences, or (b) is, or corresponds to, any conduct which, if it all took place in any one part of the United Kingdom, would constitute one or more criminal offences, • “criminal proceedings” includes proceedings before a court in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (and references to criminal prosecutions are to be read accordingly), • “data” includes data which is not electronic data and any information (whether or not electronic), • “Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(6A) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made;
- criminal conduct
means conduct which constitutes an offence under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, • “power” includes part of a power, • “regulatory or supervisory power” means any power (however expressed) to obtain information or documents which— (a) is conferred by or under an enactment other than this Act or the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and (b) is exercisable in connection with— (a) the regulation of persons or activities, (b) the checking or monitoring of compliance with requirements, prohibitions or standards imposed by or under an enactment, or (c) the enforcement of any requirement or prohibition imposed by or under an enactment, •... and references to powers include duties (and references to enabling and exercising are to be read as including references to requiring and performing).
- criminal investigation
means an investigation of any criminal conduct, including—
- criminal proceedings
includes proceedings before a court in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (and references to criminal prosecutions are to be read accordingly), • “data” includes data which is not electronic data and any information (whether or not electronic), • “Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(6A) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made;
- data
includes data which is not electronic data and any information (whether or not electronic), • “Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(6A) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made;
- Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner
means a person appointed under section 227(6A) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made;
- designated
means designated by the Secretary of State;
- designated customs official
has the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Act 2009 (see section 14(6) of that Act);
- designated senior official
means a senior official who has been designated by the Secretary of State or (in the case of warrants issued by the Scottish Ministers) the Scottish Ministers for the purposes of this section.
- devolved function
means a function that does not relate to reserved matters (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998), and • “Scottish public authority” has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998.
- emergency services
means— (a) police, fire, rescue and ambulance services, and (b) His Majesty’s Coastguard;
- enactment
means an enactment whenever passed or made;
- enforcement obligation
has the meaning given by paragraph 3(2);
- England and Wales police force
means— (a) any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and Wales outside London), (b) the metropolitan police force, or (c) the City of London police force, • “police collaboration agreement” has the same meaning as in section 78 (see subsection (6) of that section), and references in this section to an England and Wales police force or a police force include the National Crime Agency (and references to the chief officer of police include the Director General of the National Crime Agency).
- entity data
means any communications data which is entity data.
- equipment
means equipment producing electromagnetic, acoustic or other emissions or any device capable of being used in connection with such equipment;
- equipment data
has the same meaning as in Part 5 (see section 100), • “judicial authority” means a judge, court or tribunal or any person exercising the functions of a judge, court or tribunal (but does not include a Judicial Commissioner), • “police force” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 60(1)), • “related systems data” has the meaning given by section 15(6), • “relevant Minister” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or a Northern Ireland department, • “secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 16).
- equipment interference warrant
means— (a) a targeted equipment interference warrant under Part 5;
- filtering arrangements
means any arrangements under section 67(1), • “officer”, in relation to a relevant public authority, means a person holding an office, rank or position with that authority, • “relevant public authority” means a public authority which is a relevant public authority for the purposes of this Part by virtue of section 70(2) or 73(1).
- financial restrictions proceedings
has the meaning given by section 65 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008.
- force collaboration provision
has the meaning given by paragraph (a) of section 22A(2) of the Police Act 1996 but as if the reference in that paragraph to a police force included the National Crime Agency, • “police collaboration agreement” means a collaboration agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996 which contains force collaboration provision.
- functions
includes powers and duties, • “GCHQ” has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994, • “head”, in relation to an intelligence service, means— (a) in relation to the Security Service, the Director-General, (b) in relation to the Secret Intelligence Service, the Chief, and (c) in relation to GCHQ, the Director, • “Her Majesty's forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “identifying data” has the meaning given by subsection (2), • “intelligence service” means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or GCHQ, • “the Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means the person appointed under section 227(1)(a) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “the Investigatory Powers Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “items subject to legal privilege”— (a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 10 of that Act), (b) in relation to Scotland, means— (i) communications between a professional legal adviser and the adviser's client, or (ii) communications m
- GCHQ
has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994, • “head”, in relation to an intelligence service, means— (a) in relation to the Security Service, the Director-General, (b) in relation to the Secret Intelligence Service, the Chief, and (c) in relation to GCHQ, the Director, • “Her Majesty's forces” has the same meaning as in the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “identifying data” has the meaning given by subsection (2), • “intelligence service” means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or GCHQ, • “the Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means the person appointed under section 227(1)(a) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “the Investigatory Powers Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “items subject to legal privilege”— (a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 10 of that Act), (b) in relation to Scotland, means— (i) communications between a professional legal adviser and the adviser's client, or (ii) communications made in connection with, or in contemplatio
- general information power
means—
- health professional
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 204(1) of that Act);
- health record
means a record, or a copy of a record which— (a) consists of information relating to the physical or mental health or condition of an individual, (b) was made by or on behalf of a health professional in connection with the care of that individual, and (c) was obtained, by the person (mentioned in section 226E(1)(a)) who holds the dataset, from a health professional or a health service body or from a person acting on behalf of a health professional or a health service body in relation to the record or the copy;
- health records
has the same meaning as in section 206;
- high security psychiatric services
has the same meaning as in section 4 of the National Health Service Act 2006;
- hospital premises
has the same meaning as in section 4(3) of that Act;
- identifying data
means—
- immigration detention facilities
means any removal centre, short-term holding facility or pre-departure accommodation;
- immigration officer
means a person appointed as an immigration officer under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971.
- individual authorisation
has the meaning given by section 226B(1).
- information
includes documents;
- information notice
has the meaning given by paragraph 13(1);
- Inquiries Act proceedings
means proceedings of an inquiry under the Inquiries Act 2005;
- intelligence service
means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service or GCHQ, • “the Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means the person appointed under section 227(1)(a) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “the Investigatory Powers Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “items subject to legal privilege”— (a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 10 of that Act), (b) in relation to Scotland, means— (i) communications between a professional legal adviser and the adviser's client, or (ii) communications made in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings, which would, by virtue of any rule of law relating to the confidentiality of communications, be protected in legal proceedings from disclosure, and (c) in relation to Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (see Article 12 of that Order), • “Judicial Commissioner” means a pers
- intercepted communication
means any communication intercepted in the course of its transmission by means of a postal service or telecommunication system.
- intercepted material
means—
- interception warrant
means—
- Interception-related conduct
means—
- international mutual assistance agreement
has the meaning given by section 10(3);
- internet connection record
means communications data which—
- judicial authority
means a judge, court or tribunal or any person exercising the functions of a judge, court or tribunal (but does not include a Judicial Commissioner), • “police force” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 60(1)), • “related systems data” has the meaning given by section 15(6), • “relevant Minister” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or a Northern Ireland department, • “secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 16).
- Judicial Commissioner
means a person appointed under section 227(1)(a) or (b) (and the expression is therefore to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(a)), • “legal proceedings” means— (a) civil or criminal proceedings in or before a court or tribunal, or (b) proceedings before an officer in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “person holding office under the Crown” includes any servant of the Crown and any member of Her Majesty's forces, • “premises” includes any land, movable structure, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft (and “set of premises” is to be read accordingly), • “primary legislation” means— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation, • “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal, • “serious crime” means crime where— (a) the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned
- Judicial Commissioner functions
means the functions conferred on Judicial Commissioners by any enactment (including this Act).
- legal proceedings
means— (a) civil or criminal proceedings in or before a court or tribunal, or (b) proceedings before an officer in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “modify” includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “person holding office under the Crown” includes any servant of the Crown and any member of Her Majesty's forces, • “premises” includes any land, movable structure, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft (and “set of premises” is to be read accordingly), • “primary legislation” means— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation, • “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal, • “serious crime” means crime where— (a) the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence for which a person who has reached the age of 18 (or, in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, 21) and has no previous convictions could reasonably
- local authority
means—
- member of a relevant legislature
means—
- modify
includes amend, repeal or revoke (and related expressions are to be read accordingly), • “person holding office under the Crown” includes any servant of the Crown and any member of Her Majesty's forces, • “premises” includes any land, movable structure, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft (and “set of premises” is to be read accordingly), • “primary legislation” means— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation, • “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal, • “serious crime” means crime where— (a) the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence for which a person who has reached the age of 18 (or, in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, 21) and has no previous convictions could reasonably be expected to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3 years or more, or (b) the conduct involves the use of violence, results in substantial financial gain or is conduct by a large number of persons in pursui
- monetary penalty notice
means a monetary penalty notice under section 7;
- mutual assistance warrant
has the meaning given by section 15(4);
- notice
means notice in writing;
- notice of intent
has the meaning given by paragraph 4(3);
- OFCOM
means the Office of Communications established by section 1 of the Office of Communications Act 2002;
- overseas authorities
means authorities of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom.
- overseas-related communications
means— (a) communications sent by individuals who are outside the British Islands, or (b) communications received by individuals who are outside the British Islands;
- overseas-related information
means information of individuals who are outside the British Islands.
- Part 1 monetary penalty notice
means a monetary penalty notice under section 7;
- Part 1 notice of intent
means a notice of intent (within the meaning of paragraph 4(3)) relating to a Part 1 monetary penalty notice;
- Part 2 monetary penalty notice
means a monetary penalty notice under paragraph 16.
- Part 4 sensitive processing
means processing of personal data that, at the time the regulations are made, is sensitive processing for the purposes of Part 4 of the Data Protection Act 2018 by virtue of regulations made under section 91A of that Act.
- person holding office under the Crown
includes any servant of the Crown and any member of Her Majesty's forces, • “premises” includes any land, movable structure, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft (and “set of premises” is to be read accordingly), • “primary legislation” means— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation, • “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal, • “serious crime” means crime where— (a) the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence for which a person who has reached the age of 18 (or, in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, 21) and has no previous convictions could reasonably be expected to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3 years or more, or (b) the conduct involves the use of violence, results in substantial financial gain or is conduct by a large number of persons in pursuit of a common purpose, • “source of journalistic information” means an individual who provides mat
- personal data
means—
- personal data breach
has the same meaning as in the 2003 Regulations (see regulation 2(1) of those Regulations);
- police collaboration agreement
means a collaboration agreement under section 22A of the Police Act 1996 which contains force collaboration provision.
- police force
has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 60(1)), • “related systems data” has the meaning given by section 15(6), • “relevant Minister” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or a Northern Ireland department, • “secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 16).
- power
includes part of a power, • “regulatory or supervisory power” means any power (however expressed) to obtain information or documents which— (a) is conferred by or under an enactment other than this Act or the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and (b) is exercisable in connection with— (a) the regulation of persons or activities, (b) the checking or monitoring of compliance with requirements, prohibitions or standards imposed by or under an enactment, or (c) the enforcement of any requirement or prohibition imposed by or under an enactment, •... and references to powers include duties (and references to enabling and exercising are to be read as including references to requiring and performing).
- premises
includes any land, movable structure, vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft (and “set of premises” is to be read accordingly), • “primary legislation” means— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation, • “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal, • “serious crime” means crime where— (a) the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence for which a person who has reached the age of 18 (or, in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, 21) and has no previous convictions could reasonably be expected to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3 years or more, or (b) the conduct involves the use of violence, results in substantial financial gain or is conduct by a large number of persons in pursuit of a common purpose, • “source of journalistic information” means an individual who provides material intending the recipient to use it for the purposes of journalism or knowing that it is likely to be so used, •
- primary legislation
means— (a) an Act of Parliament, (b) an Act of the Scottish Parliament, (c) a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, or (d) Northern Ireland legislation, • “public authority” means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal, • “serious crime” means crime where— (a) the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence for which a person who has reached the age of 18 (or, in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, 21) and has no previous convictions could reasonably be expected to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3 years or more, or (b) the conduct involves the use of violence, results in substantial financial gain or is conduct by a large number of persons in pursuit of a common purpose, • “source of journalistic information” means an individual who provides material intending the recipient to use it for the purposes of journalism or knowing that it is likely to be so used, • “specified”, in relation to an authorisation, warrant, notice or regulations, means specified or described in the authorisation, warrant, not
- prison
means— and includes any contracted out prison, within the meaning of Part 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1991 or section 106(4) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, and any legalised police cells within the meaning of section 14 of the Prisons (Scotland) Act 1989.
- prison rules
means any rules made under—
- private information
includes information relating to a person's private or family life.
- procedural rules
has the same meaning as in paragraph 21(1).
- prohibited disclosure
means a disclosure which, if made in the United Kingdom, would breach the prohibition in section 56(1).
- prohibited section 6 disclosure
means a disclosure of anything to—
- protected data
has the same meaning as in Part 7 (see section 203);
- protected material
means any material obtained under the warrant other than material which is—
- public authority
means a public authority within the meaning of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998, other than a court or tribunal, • “serious crime” means crime where— (a) the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence for which a person who has reached the age of 18 (or, in relation to Scotland or Northern Ireland, 21) and has no previous convictions could reasonably be expected to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3 years or more, or (b) the conduct involves the use of violence, results in substantial financial gain or is conduct by a large number of persons in pursuit of a common purpose, • “source of journalistic information” means an individual who provides material intending the recipient to use it for the purposes of journalism or knowing that it is likely to be so used, • “specified”, in relation to an authorisation, warrant, notice or regulations, means specified or described in the authorisation, warrant, notice or (as the case may be) regulations (and “specify” is to be read accordingly), • “statutory”, in relation to any function, means conferred by virtue of this Act or any other enactment, •
- publish
means make available to the public or a section of the public (whether or not on a commercial basis).
- qualified person
means an advocate or solicitor;
- registered company
means a company registered under the enactments relating to companies for the time being in force in the United Kingdom.
- regulatory or supervisory power
means any power (however expressed) to obtain information or documents which— (a) is conferred by or under an enactment other than this Act or the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and (b) is exercisable in connection with— (a) the regulation of persons or activities, (b) the checking or monitoring of compliance with requirements, prohibitions or standards imposed by or under an enactment, or (c) the enforcement of any requirement or prohibition imposed by or under an enactment, •... and references to powers include duties (and references to enabling and exercising are to be read as including references to requiring and performing).
- related systems data
has the meaning given by section 15(6), • “relevant Minister” means a Minister of the Crown or government department, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or a Northern Ireland department, • “secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 16).
- relevant activities
means—
- relevant appellate court
has the meaning given by subsection (2), • “relevant person”, in relation to any proceedings, complaint or reference, means the complainant or— (a) in the case of proceedings, the respondent, (b) in the case of a complaint, the person complained against, and (c) in the case of a reference, any public authority to whom the reference relates.”
- relevant authorisation
has the meaning given by section 253;
- relevant change
means a change that, if implemented, would have a negative effect on the capability of the person to provide any assistance which the person may be required to provide in relation to any warrant, authorisation or notice issued or given under this Act.
- relevant code of practice
means a code of practice under—
- relevant communications
means—
- relevant communications data
means communications data which may be used to identify, or assist in identifying, any of the following— (and this expression therefore includes, in particular, internet connection records).
- relevant confidential information
means information which is held in confidence by a member of a profession and consists of— (a) personal records or journalistic material which are (or would be if held in England and Wales) excluded material as defined by section 11 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, or (b) communications between Members of Parliament and their constituents, and the references in this paragraph to a member of a profession include references to any person acting in the course of any trade, business, profession or other occupation or for the purposes of any paid or unpaid office.
- relevant coroner
means a coroner who is a judge of the High Court or of a county court in Northern Ireland.
- relevant costs
means costs incurred, or likely to be incurred, by telecommunications operators and postal operators in complying with this Act.
- Relevant direction
means—
- relevant enactment
means—
- relevant error
means an error— and the Investigatory Powers Commissioner must keep under review the definition of “relevant error”.
- relevant grounds
means—
- relevant judge
means—
- relevant material
means—
- relevant Minister
means a Minister of the Crown or government department, the Scottish Ministers, the Welsh Ministers or a Northern Ireland department, • “secondary data” has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 16).
- relevant notice
means—
- Relevant offence
means—
- relevant operator
means— who meets the condition in subsection (12).
- relevant period
means the period of two years beginning with—
- relevant person
means—
- relevant proceedings
means any proceedings mentioned in paragraphs 4 to 19.
- relevant public authority
means a public authority which is a relevant public authority for the purposes of this Part by virtue of section 70(2) or 73(1).
- relevant restriction
means any of the following— (a) section 57(1) (duty not to make unauthorised disclosures) (including as applied by section 156);
- relevant roaming service
means a telecommunications service provided by the system operator under an agreement with a telecommunications operator outside the United Kingdom (the “non-UK operator”) which facilitates the use by persons in the United Kingdom of the system operator’s telecommunication system to access one or more telecommunications services of the non-UK operator.
- relevant rules
means— (a) in the case of a removal centre, rules made under section 153 of that Act;
- relevant Scottish application
has the meaning given by section 22;
- relevant system
means any system on or by means of which the data is held.
- relevant tax
means income tax, corporation tax, capital gains tax, stamp duty, stamp duty reserve tax or stamp duty land tax, • “tax provision” means any provision— (a) about a relevant tax, and (b) made by an enactment, • “transfer scheme” means a transfer scheme under paragraph 3, and references to the transfer of property include the grant of a lease.
- relevant three-month period
means—
- renewal period
means—
- retention notice
has the meaning given by section 87(1).
- Scottish public authority
has the same meaning as in the Scotland Act 1998.
- secondary data
has the same meaning as in Part 2 (see section 16).
- senior officer
means— (a) in relation to a body corporate, a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, and (b) in relation to a Scottish partnership, a partner in the partnership.
- senior official
means a member of the Senior Civil Service or a member of the Senior Management Structure of His Majesty’s Diplomatic Service.
- sensitive personal data
means personal data whose retention, or (as appropriate) retention and examination, would be sensitive processing;
- sensitive processing
means— (a) processing of personal data relating to a living individual that is processing of a kind described in section 86(7)(a) to (e) of the Data Protection Act 2018, or (b) processing of personal data relating to a deceased individual that would be that kind of processing if the personal data related to a living individual.
- serious crime
means, in addition to crime which falls within paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of “serious crime” in section 263(1), crime where the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is—
- source of journalistic information
means an individual who provides material intending the recipient to use it for the purposes of journalism or knowing that it is likely to be so used, • “specified”, in relation to an authorisation, warrant, notice or regulations, means specified or described in the authorisation, warrant, notice or (as the case may be) regulations (and “specify” is to be read accordingly), • “statutory”, in relation to any function, means conferred by virtue of this Act or any other enactment, • “subordinate legislation” means— (a) subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978, or (b) an instrument made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland legislation or a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, • “systems data” has the meaning given by subsection (4), • “the Technical Advisory Board” means the Board provided for by section 245, • “the Technology Advisory Panel” means the panel established in accordance with section 246(1), • “tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas D
- specific BPD warrant
has the meaning given by section 200(3)(b);
- specified
means specified in the application for the authorisation.
- specified in the warrant
means specified in the warrant at the time of the selection of the data for examination.
- specified public authority
means a public authority which is—
- state hospital
has the same meaning as in the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978.
- stored communication
means a communication stored in or by a telecommunication system (whether before or after its transmission).
- subordinate legislation
means— (a) subordinate legislation within the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978, or (b) an instrument made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament, Northern Ireland legislation or a Measure or Act of the National Assembly for Wales, • “systems data” has the meaning given by subsection (4), • “the Technical Advisory Board” means the Board provided for by section 245, • “the Technology Advisory Panel” means the panel established in accordance with section 246(1), • “tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
- subscribing authority
has the same meaning as in section 78, • “supplying authority” has the same meaning as in section 78.
- supervisory authority
means—
- supplying authority
has the same meaning as in section 78.
- systems data
means any data that enables or facilitates, or identifies or describes anything connected with enabling or facilitating, the functioning of any of the following—
- targeted examination warrant
has the meaning given by section 15(3).
- tax provision
means any provision— (a) about a relevant tax, and (b) made by an enactment, • “transfer scheme” means a transfer scheme under paragraph 3, and references to the transfer of property include the grant of a lease.
- testing or training activities
means—
- the 1959 Act
has the meaning given by sub-paragraph (1);
- the applicable crime purpose
means—
- the appointed day
means the day on which the amendment made to section 81(3)(a) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 by paragraph 211 of Schedule 7 to the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 comes into force.
- the Chief Surveillance Commissioner
means the Chief Commissioner appointed under section 91(1)(a) of the Police Act 1997, • “the other Scottish Surveillance Commissioners” means— (a) the Surveillance Commissioners appointed under section 2(1)(b) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000, and (b) the Assistant Surveillance Commissioners appointed under section 3 of that Act, • “the other Surveillance Commissioners” means— (a) the Commissioners appointed under section 91(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997, and (b) the Assistant Surveillance Commissioners appointed under section 63(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “the Scottish Chief Surveillance Commissioner” means the Chief Surveillance Commissioner appointed under section 2(1)(a) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.
- the Commissioner
means the Investigatory Powers Commissioner;
- the data protection legislation
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).
- the implementing authority
has the same meaning as in section 168.
- the intercepting authority
has the same meaning as in section 41.
- the Investigatory Powers Commissioner
means the person appointed under section 227(1)(a) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)), • “the Investigatory Powers Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “items subject to legal privilege”— (a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 10 of that Act), (b) in relation to Scotland, means— (i) communications between a professional legal adviser and the adviser's client, or (ii) communications made in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings, which would, by virtue of any rule of law relating to the confidentiality of communications, be protected in legal proceedings from disclosure, and (c) in relation to Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (see Article 12 of that Order), • “Judicial Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(1)(a) or (b) (and the expression is therefore to be read in acc
- the Investigatory Powers Tribunal
means the tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “items subject to legal privilege”— (a) in relation to England and Wales, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 10 of that Act), (b) in relation to Scotland, means— (i) communications between a professional legal adviser and the adviser's client, or (ii) communications made in connection with, or in contemplation of, legal proceedings and for the purposes of those proceedings, which would, by virtue of any rule of law relating to the confidentiality of communications, be protected in legal proceedings from disclosure, and (c) in relation to Northern Ireland, has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)) (see Article 12 of that Order), • “Judicial Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(1)(a) or (b) (and the expression is therefore to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(a)), • “legal proceedings” means— (a) civil or criminal proceedings in or before a court or tribunal, or (b) proceedings before an officer in r
- the issuing authority
means— (a) in the case of a warrant issued under section 102 or 104, the Secretary of State;
- the other Scottish Surveillance Commissioners
means— (a) the Surveillance Commissioners appointed under section 2(1)(b) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000, and (b) the Assistant Surveillance Commissioners appointed under section 3 of that Act, • “the other Surveillance Commissioners” means— (a) the Commissioners appointed under section 91(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997, and (b) the Assistant Surveillance Commissioners appointed under section 63(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “the Scottish Chief Surveillance Commissioner” means the Chief Surveillance Commissioner appointed under section 2(1)(a) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.
- the other Surveillance Commissioners
means— (a) the Commissioners appointed under section 91(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997, and (b) the Assistant Surveillance Commissioners appointed under section 63(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, • “the Scottish Chief Surveillance Commissioner” means the Chief Surveillance Commissioner appointed under section 2(1)(a) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.
- the permitted period
means the period ending with the fifth working day after the time mentioned in subsection (5)(b).
- the relevant period
means—
- the relevant provisions
means—
- The renewal period
means—
- the review period
means—
- the Scottish Chief Surveillance Commissioner
means the Chief Surveillance Commissioner appointed under section 2(1)(a) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000.
- the specified operational purposes
has the meaning given by section 161(11).
- the Technical Advisory Board
means the Board provided for by section 245, • “the Technology Advisory Panel” means the panel established in accordance with section 246(1), • “tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
- the Technology Advisory Panel
means the panel established in accordance with section 246(1), • “tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
- third party BPD warrant
has the meaning given by section 226F.
- transfer scheme
means a transfer scheme under paragraph 3, and references to the transfer of property include the grant of a lease.
- tri-service serious crime unit
means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006, • “working day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.
- wireless telegraphy
has the same meaning as in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006 (see section 116 of that Act).
- working day
means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday, Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part of the United Kingdom.