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Statutory Instruments
Investigatory Powers
Made
22nd April 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 32(2) of the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024( 1).
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
2. Section 5 of the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (third party bulk personal datasets), so far as not already in force, comes into force on 25th April 2025.
Dan Jarvis
Minister of State
Home Office
22nd April 2025
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are the second commencement regulations made under the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (c. 9)(“ the 2024 Act”) which amends the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25).
Regulation 2 brings section 5 of the 2024 Act, relating to third party bulk personal datasets, fully into force on 25th April 2025.
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The following provisions of the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024 (c. 9)have been brought into force by commencement regulations made before the date of these Regulations.