Part 7: Bulk personal dataset warrants Section 224: Offence of breaching safeguards relating to examination of material
This section creates a criminal offence of deliberately selecting for examination data retained in reliance on a class or specific BPD warrant where a person knows or believes that selection is in breach of: (i) the requirement that the selection is necessary for the operational purposes specified in the warrant in accordance with section 212; (ii) the requirement that the selection is necessary and proportionate; or (iii) in the case of protected data, any conditions imposed under section 207.
	This section also sets out the penalties for a person found guilty of this offence, and makes clear that proceedings in relation to an offence under this section may only be instituted by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland.