225 Application of Part to bulk personal datasets obtained under this Act

225  Application of Part to bulk personal datasets obtained under this Act

(1)     Subject to subsection (2), this section applies where a bulk personal dataset has been obtained by an intelligence service under a warrant or other authorisation issued or given under this Act (and, accordingly, section 200(1) and (2) do not apply by virtue of section 201(1)).

(2)     This section does not apply where the bulk personal dataset was obtained by the intelligence service under a bulk acquisition warrant issued under Chapter 2 of Part 6.

(3)     Where this section applies, the Secretary of State may, on the application of the head of the intelligence service[, or a person acting on their behalf], give a direction that—

(a)     the intelligence service may retain, or retain and examine, the bulk personal dataset by virtue of the direction,

(b)     any other power of the intelligence service to retain or examine the bulk personal dataset, and any associated regulatory provision, ceases to apply in relation to the bulk personal dataset (subject to subsection (5)), and

(c)

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