Part 1: Bulk Personal Datasets Low or no reasonable expectation of privacy New section 226D of the IPA 2016: Section 226A ceasing to apply to bulk personal dataset
This section provides for circumstances in which an individual authorisation is granted and in the course of examining the dataset the head of an intelligence service (or person acting on their behalf) forms the belief that section 226A either does not apply or no longer applies to part of the dataset This is to be distinguished from circumstances in which it is considered that section 226A no longer applies to the dataset as a whole. In that case a cancellation condition is met and the authorisation must be cancelled (see section 226CB).
	Subsection (2) provides that the head of the intelligence service must, as far as reasonably practicable, ensure that any activity that is being carried in relation to that part of the dataset stops as soon as possible.
	Subsection (3) provides that section 220 (Part 7 initial examinations: time limits) applies in relation to the relevant part of the dataset as if that part of the dataset was obtained when the necessary belief referred to in subsection (1) was formed. This has the effect of restarting the time limit for the intelligence service to carry out an initial examination of the relevant part of the dataset so that it can decide whether it wishes to continue to retain, or retain and examine that part of a the dataset as a separate dataset and can make such consequential arrangements as are necessary (e.g, granting a further individual authorisation under section 226B).
	Subsection (4) provides that the individual authorisation in relation to part of the bulk personal dataset to which section 226A no longer applies, is to be treated as if it had been cancelled at the point in time at which the relevant belief was formed. Subsection (5) sets out that the lawfulness of certain activity carried out before the relevant part of the authorisation cased to have effect is not affected by this section.