# Investigatory Powers Act 2016, Section 200: Requirement for authorisation ...: general


(1) An intelligence service may not exercise a power to retain a bulk personal dataset unless the retention of the dataset is authorised
(a) by a warrant under this Part , or
(b) by an individual authorisation under Part 7A (low or no reasonable expectation of privacy) (see section 226B).
(2) An intelligence service may not exercise a power to examine a bulk personal dataset retained by it unless the examination is authorised
(a) by a warrant under this Part , or
(b) by an individual authorisation under Part 7A.
(3) For the purposes of this Part, there are two kinds of warrant—
(a) a warrant, referred to in this Part as “a class BPD warrant”, authorising an intelligence service to retain, or to retain and examine, any bulk personal dataset of a class described in the warrant;
(b) a warrant, referred to in this Part as “a specific BPD warrant”, authorising an intelligence service to retain, or to retain and examine, any bulk personal dataset described in the warrant.
(4) Section 201 sets out exceptions to the restrictions imposed by subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/section/200 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-200
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