220 Initial examinations: time limits

Further and supplementary provision

220  Initial examinations: time limits

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     an intelligence service obtains a set of information otherwise than in the exercise of a power conferred by a warrant or other authorisation issued or given under this Act, and

(b)     the head of the intelligence service[, or a person acting on their behalf,] believes that—

(i)     the set includes, or may include, personal data relating to a number of individuals, and

(ii)     the nature of the set is, or may be, such that the majority of the individuals are not, and are unlikely to become, of interest to the intelligence service in the exercise of its functions.

(2)     The head of the intelligence service[, or a person acting on their behalf,] must take the following steps before the end of the permitted period.

Step 1
Carry out an initial examination of the set for the purpose of deciding whether,

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