Part 1: Bulk Personal Datasets Low or no reasonable expectation of privacy New section 226CA of the IPA 2016: Renewal of authorisation
This section sets out the process for the renewal of individual and category authorisations (including urgent individual authorisations) and the conditions that must be met.
	Subsection (1) provides that the head of an intelligence service (or a person acting on their behalf) may renew a category or individual authorisation at any time during the renewal period provided the renewal conditions are met.
	Subsection (2) and (3) set out the renewal conditions for an individual authorisation, including a requirement that the renewal of individual authorisations must be approved by a JC unless the dataset is one that falls within a category of datasets authorised by a category authorisation (see section 226BA).
	Subsection (4) sets out the renewal conditions for a category authorisation.
	Subsection (5) defines what is meant by the expression "renewal period":
For urgent individual authorisations, the renewal period is the "relevant period" (per section 226C) i.e. the fifth working day after the day on which the authorisation was granted.
For an individual authorisation which was authorised in reliance on a category authorisation that has ceased to have effect because it has been cancelled or has not been renewed, the renewal period is three months ending with the day at the end of which the authorisation would cease to have effect.
In any other case, the renewal period is 30 days ending with the day at the end of which the authorisation would cease to have effect.
	Subsection (6) sets out that the decision to renew individual and category authorisations must be approved by a JC.