Part 7: Bulk personal dataset warrants Section 214: Renewal of warrants
This section provides for the renewal of a class or specific BPD warrant. The decision to renew a warrant must be taken personally by the Secretary of State.
	Subsection (2) sets out the conditions that must be met for a warrant to be renewed. The Secretary of State must believe that the warrant continues to be necessary and proportionate in relation to relevant statutory purpose(s), that the operational purposes specified on the warrant continue to be necessary, and that the examination of datasets for such an operational purpose is necessary for the statutory purposes. The decision to renew the warrant must also be approved by a Judicial Commissioner.
	A non-urgent warrant may not be renewed more than 30 days in advance of the warrant ceasing to have effect. An urgent warrant may be renewed at any point before its expiry date.