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Counter-Terrorism Act 2008

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21 Disclosure and the intelligence services: interpretation

(1) In sections 19 and 20 “the intelligence services” means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and GCHQ. (2) References in section 19 to the functions of those services are— (a) in the case of the Security Service, to the functions specified in section 1(2) to (4) of the Security Service Act 1989 (c. 5); (b) in the case of the Secret Intelligence Service, to the functions specified in section 1(1)(a) and (b) of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (c. 13), exercised in accordance with section 1(2) of that Act; (c) in the case of GCHQ— (i) to the functions specified in section 3(1)(a) of that Act, exercised in accordance with section 3(2) of that Act, and (ii) to the functions specified in section 3(1)(b) of that Act. (3) In sections 19, 20 and this section “GCHQ” has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (see section 3(3) of that Act). (4) Section 81(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (meaning of “prevention” and “detection”), so far as it relates to serious crime, applies for the purposes of section 19 as it applies for the purposes of the provisions of that Act not contained in Chapter 1 of Part 1.

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21 Disclosure and the intelligence services: interpretation

(1) In sections 19 and 20 “the intelligence services” means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and GCHQ. (2) References in section 19 to the functions of those services are— (a) in the case of the Security Service, to the functions specified in section 1(2) to (4) of the Security Service Act 1989 (c. 5); (b) in the case of the Secret Intelligence Service, to the functions specified in section 1(1)(a) and (b) of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (c. 13), exercised in accordance with section 1(2) of that Act; (c) in the case of GCHQ— (i) to the functions specified in section 3(1)(a) of that Act, exercised in accordance with section 3(2) of that Act, and (ii) to the functions specified in section 3(1)(b) of that Act. (3) In sections 19, 20 and this section “GCHQ” has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (see section 3(3) of that Act). (4) Section 81(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (meaning of “prevention” and “detection”), so far as it relates to serious crime, applies for the purposes of section 19 as it applies for the purposes of the provisions of that Act not contained in Chapter 1 of Part 1.

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