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United Kingdom legislation
Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
An Act to make provision about the interception of communications, equipment interference and the acquisition and retention of communications data, bulk personal datasets and other information; to make provision about the treatment of material held as a result of such interception, equipment interference or acquisition or retention; to establish the Investigatory Powers Commissioner and other Judicial Commissioners and make provision about them and other oversight arrangements; to make further provision about investigatory powers and national security; to amend sections 3 and 5 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994; and for connected purposes.
Citation
2016 c. 25
Introduced by
Theresa May, as Home Secretary
The Earl Howe, as Dep. Ldr (Lords)
Territorial extent
England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent
29 November 2016
Commencement
29 November 2016
Other legislation
Amends
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Terrorism Act 2006
Wireless Telegraphy Act 2006
Serious Crime Act 2007
Counter-Terrorism Act 2008
Policing and Crime Act 2009
Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011
Health and Social Care Act 2012
Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014
Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
Serious Crime Act 2015
Status: Current legislation
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25) (nicknamed the Snoopers' Charter)[1] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which received royal assent on 29 November 2016.[2][3] Its different parts came into force on various dates from 30 December 2016.[4] The Act comprehensively sets out and in limited respects expands the electronic surveillance powers of the British intelligence agencies and police.[4] It also claims to improve the safeguards on the exercise of those powers.[5]
The Act was amended by the Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Act 2024, following a review by Lord Anderson of Ipswich, the person which originally proposed the Act.
^Griffin, Andrew (1 March 2016). "UK spying laws: Government introduces law requiring WhatsApp and iMessage to break their own security". The Independent. Independent Print Limited. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^'Extreme surveillance' becomes UK law with barely a whimper Published by The Guardian, 19 November 2016, accessed on the same day
^editor, Alan Travis Home affairs (29 November 2016). "'Snooper's charter' bill becomes law, extending UK state surveillance". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 November 2016. {{cite web}}: |last1= has generic name (help)
^ abInvestigatory Powers Act goes into force, putting UK citizens under intense new spying regime Published by The Independent, 31 December 2016
^Cobain, Ian (27 April 2018). "UK has six months to rewrite snooper's charter, high court rules". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
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