Regulation 2 Amendment of Schedule 4 to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

(1)

The table in Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In the entries relating to the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and GCHQ—

(a)

in column 5, for “61(7)(a), (b) and (c)” in each place it appears, substitute “61(7)(a) and (c)”;

(b)

in column 6, in relation to each entry in column 3, insert “61A(7)(a)”.

(3)

In the entry relating to the UK National Authority for Counter Eavesdropping^f2—

(a)

in column 1, for “UK National Authority for Counter Eavesdropping” substitute “Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office”;

(b)

in column 3, for “UK NACE Grade D6 and above” substitute “Grade D6 in the UK National Authority for Counter Eavesdropping”.

Annotations

f1: The table in Part 1 of Schedule 4 (which sets out relevant public authorities and designated senior officers for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act) was substituted by S.I. 2018/1123 and amended by S.I. 2020/661, S.I. 2020/1037 and sections 11 and 12 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 and paragraphs 43 and 47 of Schedule 5 to, the Armed Forces Act 2021. Those provisions of that Act have not yet been fully commenced.
f2: The entry for UKNACE was inserted by S.I. 2020/1037.