Part 1: Main Provisions Section 23: Time limits in relation to urgent warrants etc under Investigatory Powers Act
This section creates a regulation-making power to modify the relevant sections in the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 which specify the length of period referred to in the Act as "the relevant period" which relates to the time period for when authorisation is required by a Judicial Commissioner after a warrant has been issued.
	Regulations made under this section can extend the "relevant period" to no more than 12 days for Judicial Commissioner approval and for the lifespan of the warrant. The section requires the regulations to be time-limited to a period of 12 months.
	The territorial extent and application of this section is England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.