Part 1: Main Provisions Section 22: Appointment of temporary Judicial Commissioners
This section creates a regulation-making power to modify section 227(4) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 so that at the request of the Investigatory Powers Commissioner the Secretary of State can provide for the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to directly appoint temporary Judicial Commissioners to carry out the functions conferred on Judicial Commissioners under the Act. The temporary Judicial Commissioners will be appointed for a term of up to 6 months each and renewable to a maximum period of 12 months in total for each temporary Judicial Commissioner.
	The regulations must include a requirement on the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to inform the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Lord President of the Court of Session, the Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.