263 General definitions
Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (2016 c 25) | Legislation

263  General definitions

(1)     In this Act—

“apparatus” includes any equipment, machinery or device (whether physical or logical) and any wire or cable,

“civil proceedings” means any proceedings in or before any court or tribunal that are not criminal proceedings,

“crime” means conduct which—

(a)     constitutes one or more criminal offences, or

(b)     is, or corresponds to, any conduct which, if it all took place in any one part of the United Kingdom, would constitute one or more criminal offences,

“criminal proceedings” includes proceedings before a court in respect of a service offence within the meaning of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (and references to criminal prosecutions are to be read accordingly),

“data” includes data which is not electronic data and any information (whether or not electronic),

[“Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner” means a person appointed under section 227(6A) (and the expression is also to be read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)),]

“destroy”, in relation to electronic data, means delete the data in such a way as to make access to the data impossible (and related expressions are to be read accordingly),

“enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made; and includes—

(a)     an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within

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