Territorial extent and application
Section 19 sets out the territorial extent of the Act, that is, the jurisdictions in which the Act will form part of the law. The Act extends to the whole of the United Kingdom with the exception of consequential amendments in Section 10 (which have the extent of the enactment being amended).
	The Act relates to a mixture of reserved and, in Northern Ireland, excepted and devolved matters. The Act relates in part to reserved/excepted matters such as international relations, telecommunications, and powers for investigating serious crime including terrorism.
	The Act also relates to matters within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly as it provides a means for devolved law enforcement officials to seek electronic data not covered by specific reservations in relation to a wide range of serious offences, some of which are not reserved/excepted.
	Separate commencement provisions exist within the Act so that the Northern Ireland Executive may consider the application of these powers once it is restored.
	The Act does not relate to any matters which are devolved under the Government of Wales Act 2006.
	See the table in Annex A for a summary of the position regarding territorial extent and application in the United Kingdom.