Part 3: Authorisations for obtaining communications data Section 71: Power to modify section 70 and Schedule 4
This section provides that the Secretary of State may modify section 70 and Schedule 4 by regulations. Subsection (2) gives examples of what may be done under the general power in subsection (1). These include adding or removing a public authority from the list in column 1 of the table of authorities and officers in Schedule 4.
	Subsection (3) provides that the Secretary of State’s regulation-making power includes power to modify any enactment as a result of a person becoming, or ceasing to be a relevant public authority.