{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-9-regulations-2018/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-9-regulations-2018/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/1246",
  "legislation_title": "The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Commencement No. 9) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016-commencement-no-9-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 5th December 2018",
  "text": "The following provisions of the 2016 Act come into force on 5th December 2018—\n(a) section 106 so far as not already in force;\n(b) section 117 (renewal of warrants) so far as not already in force;\n(c) section 123 (modification of warrants issued by law enforcement chiefs);\n(d) section 124 (approval of modifications under section 123 in urgent cases);\n(e) section 125 (cancellation of warrants) so far as not already in force;\n(f) section 128 (duty of telecommunications operators to assist with implementation) so far as not already in force;\n(g) in section 231(9) (definition of “relevant error”), paragraph (a) to the extent that it applies to an error by a public authority relating to equipment interference, so far as not already in force for that purpose;\n(h) in section 243(1) (functions of the Tribunal in relation to this Act etc.), paragraphs (d) and (e);\n(i) section 248 so far as not already in force;\n(j) section 271(1) (Schedule 10: minor and consequential provision) so far as relating to the provisions coming into force in accordance with paragraph (l) of this regulation;\n(k) Schedule 8, so far as not already in force;\n(l) in Schedule 10 (minor and consequential provision)—\n(i) paragraph 66 (amendment of Schedule 2 to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000);\n(ii) paragraph 68 (amendment of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000);\n(iii) paragraph 70 (amendment of the Crime and Courts Act 2013).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 asp 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2013 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/1246/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:51:36.910861+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."
}