Part 3: Authorisations for obtaining communications data Section 72: Certain regulations under section 71: supplementary
This section provides that all changes to section 70 and Schedule 4 will be subject to the enhanced affirmative procedure except for changes which:
remove a public authority from the list in column 1 of the table; or
modify the rank of the designated senior officer in a public authority in column 2 of the table in such a way that does not reduce the rank of the person able to authorise acquisition of communications data.
	By virtue of section 267 such orders will be subject to the negative resolution procedure.
	When making changes to the relevant public authorities in Schedule 4 by the enhanced affirmative procedure, the Government must consult the Investigatory Powers Commissioner and the relevant public authority concerned. An example of such a change would be the addition of a new public authority to the list of relevant authorities.