Part 7: Bulk personal dataset warrants Section 208: Approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners
This section explains the process by which the Judicial Commissioner will consider whether to approve the Secretary of State’s decision to issue the class or specific BPD warrant. It is consistent with the role of Judicial Commissioners in the rest of the Act (e.g. in authorising interception warrants). Amongst other things, it specifies that in reviewing the Secretary of State’s conclusions, a Judicial Commissioner must apply judicial review principles, and must consider the Secretary of State’s conclusions with sufficient care to ensure that the Commissioner complies with the requirements of section 2 of the Act (general duties in relation to privacy).