Regulation 1 Citation and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 8 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2018.

In these Regulations—

• “RIPA” means the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000^f1;

• “the 2016 Act” means the Investigatory Powers Act 2016;

• “relevant intercepting authority” means—

  1. (a)

     the Director General of the National Crime Agency;

  2. (b)

     the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis;

  3. (c)

     the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

  4. (d)

     the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;

  5. (e)

     the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, or

  6. (f)

     a person who is the competent authority of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom for the purposes of an EU mutual assistance instrument or an international mutual assistance agreement.