Article 3 Amendment to section 229 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Section 229^f1 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 is amended as follows.

After subsection (8)(f), insert—

“(fa)

deciding whether—

(i)

to approve the use of criteria under section 154(2)(a),

(ii)

subsection 154(8) applies for the purposes of subsection 154(6) and (7),

(iii)

the relevant condition is met for the purposes of subsection 154A(3)(a).”.