{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/652",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Equipment interference provisions coming into force on 31st May 2018",
  "text": "The following provisions of Part 5 of the 2016 Act (equipment interference) come into force on 31st May 2018—\n(a) section 99 (warrants under this Part: general);\n(b) section 100 (meaning of “equipment data”);\n(c) section 101 (subject-matter of warrants);\n(d) in section 102 (power to issue warrants to intelligence services: the Secretary of State)—\n(i) subsections (1) to (3) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant;\n(ii) subsection (4) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant and only if the Secretary of State considers that the only grounds for considering the warrant to be necessary is for the purpose of preventing or detecting serious crime;\n(iii) subsections (5) to (9);\n(e) in section 103 (power to issue warrants to intelligence services: the Scottish Ministers)—\n(i) subsections (1) and (2) for the purpose of the Scottish Ministers deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant;\n(ii) subsections (3) and (4);\n(f) section 104 (power to issue warrants to the Chief of Defence Intelligence)—\n(i) subsection (1) for the purpose of the Secretary of State deciding to issue a warrant but not for the purpose of the issuing of a warrant;\n(ii) subsections (2) and (3);\n(g) section 105 (decision to issue warrants under sections 102 to 104 to be taken personally by Ministers);\n(h) in section 108 (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners) so far as relating to decisions to issue warrants under any of sections 102 to 104;\n(i) section 111(1) to (3) and (8) (members of Parliament etc.);\n(j) section 112 (items subject to legal privilege);\n(k) section 113 (confidential journalistic material);\n(l) section 114 (sources of journalistic information);\n(m) section 115 (requirements that must be met by warrants) so far as relating to warrants under any of sections 102 to 104;\n(n) section 129 (safeguards relating to retention and disclosure of material) so far as relating to warrants under any of sections 102 to 104;\n(o) section 130 (safeguards relating to disclosure of material overseas);\n(p) section 135 (Part 5: interpretation).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/652/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:57:22.458103+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."
}