Part 1: Bulk Personal Datasets Low or no reasonable expectation of privacy New section 226BB of the IPA 2016: Approval of authorisations by Judicial Commissioners
This section makes provision for the approval of category or individual authorisations by JCs.
	Subsection (1)(a) sets out that in deciding whether to approve a decision to grant an individual authorisation, a JC must review the conclusions of the decision maker in regards to whether section 226A applies to the bulk personal dataset described in the authorisation. Subsection (1)(b) sets out that in respect of a category authorisation, the JC must review the conclusions of the decision maker as to whether section 226A applies to any dataset that falls within the category of datasets described by the authorisation.
	Subsection (2) sets out that in deciding whether or not to approve a category or individual authorisation, the JC must apply the same principles that would be applied by a court on an application for judicial review and ensure that the duties imposed by section 2 IPA 2016 (general duties in relation to privacy) are complied with.
	Subsection (3) sets out that when refusing to approve a decision to grant a category or individual authorisation, JC must give written reasons for their refusal to the person who decided to grant the authorisation.
	Subsection (4) sets out that the head of an intelligence service (or person acting on their behalf) may ask the IPC to decide whether to approve the decision to grant an individual or category authorisation that has been refused by a JC.