Regulation 2 Provisions coming into force on 14th October 2024

section 1 (requirement for authorisation);

section 2 (low or no reasonable expectation of privacy);

section 3 (duration of bulk personal dataset warrants);

section 4 (agency head functions);

section 5 (third party bulk personal datasets), other than the insertion into the 2016 Act of sections 226F and 226FA;

section 6 (minor and consequential amendments);

section 7 (deputy investigatory powers commissioners);

section 8 (delegation of functions);

section 9 (temporary judicial commissioners);

section 10 (main functions of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner);

section 11 (personal data breaches);

section 12 (offence of unlawfully obtaining communications data);

section 13 (meaning of “communications data”: subscriber details);

section 14 (powers to obtain communications data);

section 15 (internet connection records);

section 16 (powers to require retention of certain data);

section 17 (extra-territorial enforcement of retention notices etc);

section 19 (meaning of “telecommunications operator” etc);

section 20 (renewal of notices);

section 22 (interception and examination of communications: Members of Parliament etc);

section 23 (equipment interference: Members of Parliament etc);

section 24 (issue of equipment interference warrants);

section 25 (modification of equipment interference warrants);

section 26 (issue of targeted examination warrants to intelligence services);

section 27 (bulk equipment interference: safeguards for journalistic material etc);

section 28 (exclusion of matters from legal proceedings etc: exceptions);

section 29 (freedom of information: bodies dealing with security matters);

the Schedule (disclosure powers).