Part 1: Bulk Personal Datasets Third party bulk personal datasets New section 226HA of the IPA 2016: Renewal of warrants
This section sets out the process for the renewal of 3PD warrants (including urgent 3PD warrants), which may be renewed by an instrument issued by the Secretary of State, at any time during the "renewal period", if the renewal conditions are met.
	Subsection (2) sets out the renewal conditions: the Secretary of State considers that the warrant continues to be necessary and proportionate, and the decision to renew has been approved by a JC. In making their decision, the JC must take the same approach as is taken when a warrant is first issued (see subsection (5) and section 226GA (approval of warrants by Judicial Commissioners)).
	Subsection (3) provides that the "renewal period" means (a) in the case of an urgent warrant, the relevant period, (b) any other case, the period of 30 days which ends with the day the warrant would otherwise cease to have effect. The decision to renew must be taken personally by the Secretary of State and signed by the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (4) provides that, as with the decision to issue a warrant, the decision to renew a warrant must be taken by the Secretary of State personally and must also be signed by the Secretary of State (see section 226GC (decision to issue warrants to be taken personally by Secretary of State) in respect of the requirements that apply to the issuing of a warrant).