Part 1: Bulk Personal Datasets Third party bulk personal datasets New section 226HC of the IPA 2016: Non-renewal or cancellation of third party BPD warrant
This section is concerned with what happens when a 3PD warrant ceases to have effect either because it has expired without being renewed or because it has been cancelled (see section 226HB (cancellation of warrants). Subsection (2) provides that the head of the intelligence service to whom the warrant was addressed must, as far as reasonably practicable, ensure that any activity that is being carried out in reliance on the warrant stops as soon as possible, although the lawfulness of certain activity already done or in process is not affected.