Part 3: Authorisations for obtaining communications data Section 64: Procedure for authorisations and authorised notices
Subsection (1) sets out that every authorisation must specify certain details. These include the position held by the designated senior officer granting the authorisation, which of the limited purposes it is being granted for (as set out in section 61(7)), the conduct for which it was authorised, the type of data to be obtained, and who the data will be disclosed to.
	Subsection (2) sets out that an authorisation which authorises a person to place an obligation on a telecommunications operator to acquire communications data must specify the name of the operator and the requirements that will be imposed on that operator.
	Subsection (3) sets out that the notice must specify the position held by the person giving the notice, the requirements that will be imposed on that operator, and the name of the operator.
	Subsection (4) sets out that a record must be kept of the notice in order to show that it has been applied for or granted.