Part 7: Bulk personal dataset warrants Section 206: Additional safeguards for health records
This section explains the process that must be followed if an intelligence service wishes to apply for a specific BPD warrant relating to health records. Subsections (1) to (3) provide that if an intelligence service applies for such a specific BPD warrant, and the purpose or one of the purposes is to authorise the retention and examination of health records, the application must contain a statement to this effect. They also provide that the warrant can only be issued if the Secretary of State considers that there are exceptional and compelling circumstances that mean it is necessary to authorise the warrant. Subsections (4) and (5) apply when a bulk personal dataset includes or is likely to include health records, but the purpose of the warrant is not to retain or retain and examine such records. In such circumstances, the application must include a statement that the dataset includes or is likely to include health records and in the latter case how likely this is. Subsections (6) and (7) define ‘health record’ in this context.