{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018/regulation-6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/873",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 7 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-7-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transitional provision regarding safeguards",
  "text": "Until 22nd August 2018—\n(a) section 158 of the 2016 Act has effect as if the reference in subsection (1)(d) to arrangements made for the purposes of section 171 of that Act included a reference to arrangements made under section 2(2)(a) of the Security Service Act 1989 or section 2(2)(a) or 4(2)(a) of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 in relation to the acquisition of communications data in bulk pursuant to a direction given under section 94 of the 1984 Act;\n(b) section 204 of the 2016 Act has effect as if the reference in subsection (3)(d) to arrangements for storing bulk personal datasets and for protecting them from unauthorised disclosure included a reference to arrangements for the obtaining and disclosing of bulk personal datasets made under section 2(2)(a) of the Security Service Act 1989 or section 2(2)(a) or 4(2)(a) of the Intelligence Services Act 1994;\n(c) section 205 of the 2016 Act has effect as if the reference in subsection (6)(d) to arrangements for storing bulk personal datasets and for protecting them from unauthorised disclosure included a reference to arrangements for the obtaining and disclosing of bulk personal datasets made under section 2(2)(a) of the Security Service Act 1989 or section 2(2)(a) or 4(2)(a) of the Intelligence Services Act 1994;\n(d) section 221 of the 2016 Act has effect as if subsections (1)(a) and (3) were omitted.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1989 c. 5. Section 2(2)(a) was amended by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (c. 13) and paragraph 4(2) of Schedule 4 to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1994 c. 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/873/regulation/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:55:14.259498+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."
}