Part 2: Lawful interception of communications Chapter 1: Interception and examination with a warrant Section 29: Sources of journalistic information
This section sets out the additional safeguards which apply when an agency applies for a targeted interception warrant and the purpose, or one of the purposes, of the warrant is to identify or confirm a journalist’s source. It provides that the warrant application must make clear that this is the purpose or one of the purposes. In addition, specific arrangements must be in place for the handling, retention, use and destruction of material that identifies sources of journalistic information.