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Investigatory Powers Act 2016

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37 Notification of major modifications

(1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after a person makes a major modification of a warrant under this Chapter, a Judicial Commissioner must be notified of the modification and the reasons for making it. (2) But subsection (1) does not apply where— (a) the modification is made by virtue of section 35(3), or (b) any of sections 26 to 29 applies in relation to the making of the modification. (3) Where a major modification is made by a senior official in accordance with section 35(1) or section 36(6)(a)(ii), the Secretary of State or (in the case of a warrant issued by the Scottish Ministers) a member of the Scottish Government must be notified personally of the modification and the reasons for making it. (4) In this section “senior official” has the same meaning as in section 35.

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37 Notification of major modifications

(1) As soon as is reasonably practicable after a person makes a major modification of a warrant under this Chapter, a Judicial Commissioner must be notified of the modification and the reasons for making it. (2) But subsection (1) does not apply where— (a) the modification is made by virtue of section 35(3), or (b) any of sections 26 to 29 applies in relation to the making of the modification. (3) Where a major modification is made by a senior official in accordance with section 35(1) or section 36(6)(a)(ii), the Secretary of State or (in the case of a warrant issued by the Scottish Ministers) a member of the Scottish Government must be notified personally of the modification and the reasons for making it. (4) In this section “senior official” has the same meaning as in section 35.

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