77 Commissioner approval for authorisations to identify or confirm journalistic sources
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (2016 c 25) | Legislation

77  Commissioner approval for authorisations to identify or confirm journalistic sources

(1)     Subsection (2) applies if—

(a)     a designated senior officer has granted an authorisation [under section 61 or 61A] in relation to the obtaining by a relevant public authority of communications data for the purpose of identifying or confirming a source of journalistic information, and

(b)     the authorisation is not necessary because of an imminent threat to life.

[(1A)     Subsection (2) also applies if—

(a)     a person to whom functions under section 60A have been delegated

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