Part 2: Oversight Arrangements Section 7: Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner
Section 7(2) inserts two new subsections into section 227 of the IPA 2016, as follows.
	Subsection (6A) sets out that the Investigatory Powers Commissioner (IPC) may formally appoint up to two persons who are Judicial Commissioners (including Temporary Judicial Commissioners) to become Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioners (DIPC).
	Subsection (6B) clarifies that a Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner continues to be a Judicial Commissioner (JC).
	Section 7(3) clarifies the circumstances when a person will cease to be a Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner (DIPC). This will be for the following reasons:
the person ceases to be a Judicial Commissioner,
the Investigatory Powers Commissioner removes the person from being a Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner, or
the person resigns as a Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner.
	Section 7(4) inserts the definition of a DIPC and refers to appointment of a DIPC under 227(6A) and the expression is also read in accordance with section 227(13)(b)).
	Section 7(5) inserts the term "Deputy Investigatory Powers Commissioner" into the index of defined expressions.