Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011

78. The Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 is amended—

(a) in section 1(1), in paragraph (d) of the definition of “superior officer”, by the substitution of “Commission” for “Authority” in each place where it occurs,

(b) in section 3A(8), by the substitution of “Schedule 2” for “Schedule 2 data” in each place where it occurs,

(c) in section 4(1), by the substitution of “retains or preserves” for “retains”,

(d) in section 6—

(i) in subsection (3)(a), by the substitution of “officer” for “member”, and

(ii) in subsection (4)(a), by the substitution of “officer” for “member”,

(e) in section 6B—

(i) in subsection (9), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (15), a superior officer” for “A superior officer”,

(ii) in subsection (10)—

(I) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “ex parte,” for “ex parte, and”,

(II) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “issued, and” for “issued.”, and

(III) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) be heard otherwise than in public.”,

and

(iii) in subsection (15)(b), by the substitution of “subsection (9)” for “subsection (10)”,

(f) in section 6D—

(i) in subsection (11), by the substitution of “Subject to subsection (17), a superior officer” for “A superior officer”, and

(ii) in subsection (12)—

(I) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “ex parte,” for “ex parte, and”,

(II) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “issued, and” for “issued.”, and

(III) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) be heard otherwise than in public.”,

(g) in section 6E(5), by the substitution of “section and section 6F,” for “section,”,

(h) in section 6F(1)—

(i) by the substitution of “Commission” for “Authority”, and

(ii) by the substitution of “disclose to the member or officer concerned Schedule 2 data, internet source data or cell site location data, as the case may be” for “disclose to the member Schedule 2 data or, as the case may be, internet source data”,

(i) in section 7A(7), by the substitution of “officer” for “member”,

(j) in section 7B—

(i) in subsection (5)(b)—

(I) by the substitution, in subparagraph (i), of “unavailable, or” for “unavailable,”,

(II) by the substitution, in subparagraph (ii), of “impeded.” for “impeded, or”, and

(III) by the deletion of subparagraph (iii),

(ii) in subsection (15), by the substitution of “subsection (21)” for “subsection (18)”, and

(iii) in subsection (16)—

(I) by the substitution of “subsection (15)” for “subsection (21)”,

(II) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “ex parte,” for “ex parte, and”,

(III) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “made, and” for “made.”, and

(IV) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) be heard otherwise than in public.”,

(k) in section 7D—

(i) in subsection (5)(b)—

(I) by the substitution, in subparagraph (i), of “unavailable, or” for “unavailable,”,

(II) by the substitution, in subparagraph (ii), of “impeded.” for “impeded, or”, and

(III) by the deletion of subparagraph (iii),

and

(ii) in subsection (16)—

(I) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “ex parte,” for “ex parte, and”,

(II) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “made, and” for “made.”, and

(III) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (b):

“(c) be heard otherwise than in public.”,

(l) in section 9—

(i) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “7C or 7D” for “7C(1) or 7D(1)”,

(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “7C or 7D” for “7C(2) or 7D(2)”,

(iii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “7C or 7D” for “7C(6) or 7D(6)”,

(iv) in subsection (3A), by the substitution of “7C or 7D” for “7C(7) or 7D(7)”, and

(v) in subsection (5)(c), by the substitution of “date on which the disclosure requirement was made” for “disclosure requirement”,

(m) in section 10(10), by the substitution of “the requirement” for “the request”,

(n) in section 12—

(i) in subsection (2)(b), by the substitution of “requirement” for “request”,

(ii) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “the requirement” for “the request”, and

(iii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of “disclosure requirements” for “disclosure requests”,

(o) in section 12A(1), by the substitution of “section” for “sections”,

(p) in section 12F(2), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) the procedures for making a requirement under section 6 or 6F and for making an application under section 6A, 6B, 6C, 6D, 6E, 7A, 7B, 7C or 7D.”,

(q) in section 12G(3)—

(i) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) an authorisation issued under section 6B,”,

and

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) a temporary production order made under section 7D(3).”,

(r) in section 12I—

(i) by the substitution of “Commission” for “Authority”, and

(ii) by the deletion of “6E(1),”,

and

(s) in section 12J(2), by the substitution of “section” for “sections”.