Part 6: Bulk warrants Chapter 3: Bulk equipment interference warrants Section 181: Failure to approve warrant issued in urgent case
If a Judicial Commissioner refuses to approve the decision to issue a bulk equipment interference warrant in an urgent case, those exercising powers under the warrant must, as far and as quickly as they can, stop any activity being undertaken. A Judicial Commissioner can determine what can happen to any material obtained under an urgent warrant that he or she has declined to approve.
	Subsection (3) explains that a Judicial Commissioner has the power to authorise additional equipment interference after refusing to approve a warrant, where such interference is necessary to ensure any ongoing or future interference ceases as soon as possible.
	Subsection (5) provides for representations to be made to the Judicial Commissioner by the Secretary of State or the person to whom the warrant is addressed.
	Subsections (6) and (7) provide for the Secretary of State who issued an urgent warrant to ask the Investigatory Powers Commissioner to review a decision of a Judicial Commissioner to direct that material is destroyed or restrictions are imposed upon its use. The Investigatory Powers Commissioner can confirm the Judicial Commissioner’s decision or make a fresh determination.
	Subsection (8) provides that any activity carried out before the Judicial Commissioner refused to authorise the warrant remains lawful, as is anything that it is not reasonably practicable to stop doing.