Policy paper

Investigatory Powers Bill: codes of practice - superseded

Draft codes of practice relating to the bill, these have been superseded by draft codes published for public consultation in February 2017.

This was published under the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government

Documents

National security notices: draft code of practice

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Interception of communications: draft code of practice

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Security and intelligence agencies’ retention and use of bulk personal datasets: draft code of practice

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Equipment interference: draft code of practice

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Communications data: draft code of practice

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Bulk acquisition: draft code of practice

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Details

To assist Parliament in scrutinising the Investigatory Powers Bill (and at the recommendation of the Joint Committee), the government is publishing drafts of 6 statutory codes of practice that will be made under the act.

These codes of practice address many of the committees’ recommendations by providing details of how the powers and obligations will work in practice. The codes will be approved by Parliament and will have statutory force.

These draft versions of the codes were published to aid scrutiny of the bill during its parliamentary passage. They have now been superseded by the versions published for public consultation in February 2017.

Updates to this page

Published 1 March 2016
Last updated 23 February 2017 + show all updates
  1. Draft codes have been superseded by those published for public consultation.

  2. Updated codes of practice published.

  3. Updated communications data and bulk aquisition draft codes of practice published.

  4. First published.

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