Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 38
Electronic Communications
The Overseas Production Orders and Requests for Interception (Designation of Agreement) Regulations 2020
Made
16th January 2020
Laid before Parliament
20th January 2020
Coming into force
28th February 2020
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(5)(b) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019( 1 ) and section 52(3) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016( 2 ) makes the following Regulations.
The Secretary of State has sought written assurances as required by section 52(7) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.
The Secretary of State has laid before Parliament a copy of the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime( 3 ) under section 20(1)(a) of the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010( 4 ).
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Overseas Production Orders and Requests for Interception (Designation of Agreement) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 28th February 2020.
Designation
2. The Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Access to Electronic Data for the Purpose of Countering Serious Crime is designated for the following purposes—
(a) as a relevant treaty for the purposes of section 1(5)(b) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (making of overseas production order on application); and
(b) as a relevant international agreement for the purposes of section 52(3) of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (interception in accordance with overseas requests).
Brandon Lewis
Minister of State
Home Office
16th January 2020
2016 c. 25 . Section 52 was amended by section 16(2) and (3) of the Crime (Overseas Production Orders) Act 2019 (c. 5) .
CP 178.