Draft Investigatory Powers Bill: related documents (original) (raw)

The draft Investigatory Powers Bill will transform the law relating to the use and oversight of investigatory powers.

The draft bill will do 3 things:

• it will bring together all of the powers already available to law enforcement and the security and intelligence agencies to obtain communications and data about communications
• it will radically overhaul the way these powers are authorised and overseen:
  • it will introduce a ‘double-lock’ for interception warrants, so that, following Secretary of State authorisation, these - and other warrants - cannot come into force until they have been approved by a judge
  • it will create a powerful new Investigatory Powers Commissioner to oversee how these powers are used
• it will make sure powers are fit for the digital age: it will make provision for the retention of internet connection records for law enforcement to identify the communications service to which a device has connected

The Investigatory Powers Bill was introduced to the House of Commons on 1 March 2016. New overarching documents and draft codes of practices are available for the Investigatory Powers Bill.