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| 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. |
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| Citation | 2016 c. 25 |
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| Territorial extent | England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 29 November 2016 |
| Commencement | 29 November 2016 |
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Status: Current legislation | |
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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 whom 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) - ^ a b Investigatory 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.