{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-226DC",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-226DC.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2016/25",
  "legislation_title": "Investigatory Powers Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016",
  "path": "section/226DC",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "226DC",
  "heading": "Part 7A: interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“category authorisation” has the meaning given by section 226BA(1);\n“individual authorisation” has the meaning given by section 226B(1).\n(2) See also—\nsection 199 (bulk personal datasets: interpretation),\nsection 263 (general definitions),\nsection 265 (index of defined expressions).\n(3) For the purposes of this Part, only a person holding office under the Crown may act on behalf of the head of an intelligence service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 7A inserted (14.10.2024) by Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (c. 9), ss. 2, 32(2); S.I. 2024/1021, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/section/226DC",
    "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."
}