Part 4: Notices Retention, national security and technical capability notices Section 20: Renewal of notices
Section 87(6A) of the IPA 2016 (data retention notices) introduces a new obligation for a notice to be renewed, if it has not been varied so as to require additional obligations, renewed or revoked, within the relevant period. Subsection (6B) defines the "relevant period" as a period of two years beginning with the day a notice comes into force (if the notice has not previously been varied) or in the case of a notice that has been varied or renewed, the day after the day the notice would have ceased to have effect, had it not been varied or renewed. This requirement is replicated in section 255(5A) and (5B) (national security and technical capability notices) to ensure consistency across all notice types.