{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2016/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2016/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/1233",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provisions-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed Day",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2016 Act come into force on 30th December 2016—\n(a) section 2 (general duties in relation to privacy), so far as it applies to Part 4;\n(b) paragraphs (a) to (j) of section 61(7) (purposes for which communications data may be obtained), for the purpose of the operation of sections 87 and 94;\n(c) section 87 (powers to require retention of certain data), except subsection (1)(b);\n(d) section 88 (matters to be taken into account before giving retention notices);\n(e) section 90(13) (duty to keep a retention notice under review);\n(f) section 92 (data integrity and security);\n(g) section 93 (disclosure of retained data);\n(h) section 94(1) to (3), (4)(a), (5) and (7) (variation or revocation of notices);\n(i) section 94(8) except in so far as it applies to section 94(4)(b);\n(j) section 94(9), (11) so far as it applies to section 90(13), and (13) to (16);\n(k) section 95 (enforcement of notices and certain other requirements and restrictions);\n(l) section 97 (extra-territorial application of Part 4);\n(m) section 98 (Part 4: interpretation);\n(n) section 244 (oversight by Information Commissioner in relation to Part 4);\n(o) section 249 (payments towards certain compliance costs), for the purposes of the payment of a contribution in respect of costs incurred, or likely to be incurred, in complying with Part 4 and the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 9 (transitional, transitory and saving provision) only;\n(p) paragraphs 3 to 5, 8 and 9 of Schedule 9, and section 270(1) so far as it relates to those paragraphs;\n(q) paragraph 63 of Schedule 10 (minor and consequential provisions), and section 271(1) so far as it relates to that paragraph;\n(r) in Part 8 of Schedule 10, the repeals relating to sections 21 and 52(3)(a) of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, and section 271(1) so far as it relates to those repeals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2015 c.6."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/1233/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:16:51.255809+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}