# Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014

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# Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014

# 2014 CHAPTER 27

An Act to make provision, in consequence of a declaration of invalidity made by the Court of Justice of the European Union                        in relation to Directive 2006/24/EC, about the retention of certain communications data; to amend the grounds for issuing interception warrants, or granting                        or giving certain authorisations or notices, under Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000; to make provision                        about the extra-territorial application of that Part and about the meaning of “telecommunications service” for the purposes of that Act; to make provision about additional reports by the Interception of Communications Commissioner;                        to make provision about a review of the operation and regulation of investigatory powers; and for connected purposes.                     

[17th July 2014]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons,                           in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—                        

## Retention of relevant communications dataU.K.

### F11Powers for retention of relevant communications data subject to safeguardsU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-7 repealed (31.12.2016) by Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (c. 27), **s. 8(3)**

### F12Section 1: supplementaryU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-7 repealed (31.12.2016) by Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (c. 27), **s. 8(3)**

## Investigatory powersU.K.

### F13Grounds for issuing warrants and obtaining dataU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-7 repealed (31.12.2016) by Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (c. 27), **s. 8(3)**

### F14Extra-territoriality in Part 1 of RIPAU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-7 repealed (31.12.2016) by Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (c. 27), **s. 8(3)**

### F15Meaning of “telecommunications service”U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-7 repealed (31.12.2016) by Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (c. 27), **s. 8(3)**

### F16Half-yearly reports by the Interception of Communications CommissionerU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-7 repealed (31.12.2016) by Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (c. 27), **s. 8(3)**

### F17Review of investigatory powers and their regulationU.K.

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Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 1-7 repealed (31.12.2016) by Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014 (c. 27), **s. 8(3)**

## Final provisionsU.K.

### 8Commencement, duration, extent and short titleU.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2), this Act comes into force on the day on which it is passed.                  

(2)Section 1(6) comes into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and                        different days may be appointed for different purposes.                  

(3)Sections 1 to 7 (and the provisions inserted into the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 by sections 3 to 6) are                        repealed on 31 December 2016.                  

(4)This Act extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.                  

(5)This Act may be cited as the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014.