Part 1: General Privacy Protections Section 10: Restriction on requesting assistance under mutual assistance agreements etc.
This section provides that a mutual assistance warrant authorised under Chapter 1 of Part 2 must be in place before a request for interception can be made to authorities outside the UK under an EU mutual assistance instrument or an international mutual assistance agreement. Subsection (3) sets out the meaning of "international mutual assistance agreement" and "EU mutual assistance instrument", which must be designated in regulations made by the Secretary of State.