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EXPLANATORY NOTES

Explanatory notes to the Bill, prepared by the Home Office, are published separately
as Bill 73-EN.

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Secretary Theresa May has made the following statement under section 19(1)(a) of the
Human Rights Act 1998:

In my view the provisions of the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill are
compatible with the Convention rights.

Contents

  1. Retention of relevant communications data

    1. 1. Powers for retention of relevant communications data subject to safeguards

    2. 2. Section 1: supplementary

  2. Investigatory powers

    1. 3. Grounds for issuing warrants and obtaining data

    2. 4. Extra-territoriality in Part 1 of RIPA

    3. 5. Meaning of “telecommunications service”

  3. Final provisions

    1. 6. Commencement, duration, extent and short title

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