{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-157",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-157.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/25",
  "legislation_title": "Investigatory Powers Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016",
  "path": "section/157",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "157",
  "heading": "Chapter 1: interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter—\n“intercepted content”, in relation to a bulk interception warrant, means any content of communications intercepted by an interception authorised or required by the warrant;\n“overseas-related communications” has the meaning given by section 136;\n“secondary data” has the meaning given by section 137, and references to obtaining secondary data from a communication are to be read in accordance with that section;\n“senior official” means a member of the Senior Civil Service or a member of the Senior Management Structure of Her Majesty's Diplomatic Service;\n“the specified operational purposes” has the meaning given by section 142(11).\n(2) See also—\nsection 261 (telecommunications definitions),\nsection 263 (general definitions),\nsection 264 (general definitions: “journalistic material” etc.),\nsection 265 (index of defined expressions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 157 in force at 31.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 5(j)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/section/157",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:06:02.282680+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."
}