# Investigatory Powers Act 2016, Section 226F: Requirement for authorisation by warrant


(1) An intelligence service may not exercise a power to examine a third party bulk personal dataset unless the examination of the dataset is authorised by a third party BPD warrant.
(2) A “third party BPD warrant” is a warrant issued under this Part authorising an intelligence service to examine any third party bulk personal dataset described in the warrant.
(3) A third party BPD warrant may authorise the examination of a bulk personal dataset—
(a) the content of which may vary from time to time, or
(b) that does not exist at the time of the issue of the warrant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/section/226F (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/investigatory-powers-act-2016/section-226F
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