The Communications Data Acquisition Regulations 2019

Amendment of section 78 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

3.—(1) Section 78 of the 2016 Act (collaboration agreements)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a)in paragraph (a), before “officers” insert “designated senior officers of that authority or other”;

(b)for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)either—

(i)a designated senior officer of the supplying authority is permitted to grant authorisations under section 61 or 61A to officers of the subscribing authority,

(ii)officers of the supplying authority are permitted to be granted authorisations under section 61 or 61A by a designated senior officer of the subscribing authority, or

(iii)officers of the supplying authority act as single points of contact for officers of the subscribing authority.”.

(3) For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) The persons by whom, or to whom, authorisations may be granted (or who may act as single points of contact) under a collaboration agreement are additional to those persons by whom, or to whom, authorisations would otherwise be granted under this Part (or who could otherwise act as single points of contact).”.

(4) After subsection (2) insert—

“(3) In a case falling within subsection (1)(b)(i)—

(a)section 61 has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the authority were a reference to an officer of the subscribing authority, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of the supplying authority,

(b)section 61A has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the relevant public authority were a reference to an officer of the subscribing authority, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of the supplying authority, and

(c)this Part has effect as if the designated senior officer of the supplying authority had the power to grant an authorisation under section 61 or 61A to officers of the subscribing authority, and had other functions in relation to the authorisation, which were the same as (and subject to no greater or lesser restrictions than) the power and other functions which the designated senior officer of the subscribing authority who would otherwise have dealt with the authorisation would have had.

(4) In a case falling within subsection (1)(b)(ii)—

(a)section 61 has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the authority were a reference to an officer of the supplying authority, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of the subscribing authority, and

(b)section 61A has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the relevant public authority were a reference to an officer of the supplying authority, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of the subscribing authority.”.

(5) In subsection (5), for “Where officers of the supplying authority act as single points of contact for officers of the subscribing authority,”, substitute “In a case falling within subsection (1)(b)(iii),”.