Intelligence and Security Act 2017

Authorisations - Intelligence warrants - Urgent intelligence warrants

75: Intelligence warrant issued under section 72 revoked unless confirmed

You could also call this:

"A special permission to spy will be cancelled after 48 hours unless it's approved by a Minister."

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If you get an intelligence warrant under section 72, it will be cancelled after 48 hours unless you apply for a Type 2 intelligence warrant under section 55 before then. You need to make this application before the 48 hours are up. The Minister will then decide what to do with your application.

The Minister can either confirm the warrant, which means it becomes a Type 2 intelligence warrant issued under section 60 from the date it was first issued. The Minister can also cancel the warrant that was issued under section 72. This decision is made after you apply under section 55.

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74: Intelligence warrant issued under section 71 revoked unless confirmed, or

"A special spy permit will be cancelled after 48 hours unless it's approved by important people."

76: Information to be destroyed if intelligence warrant issued under section 71 or 72 revoked, or

"Destroy information collected if a spy warrant is cancelled"

Part 4Authorisations
Intelligence warrants: Urgent intelligence warrants

75Intelligence warrant issued under section 72 revoked unless confirmed

An intelligence warrant issued under section 72 is revoked by the operation of law 48 hours after its issue unless, before the expiry of that period, the applicant has made an application under section 55 for the issue of a Type 2 intelligence warrant.
On an application made under section 55, the authorising Minister may—
confirm the urgent intelligence warrant, and that warrant must then be treated as a Type 2 intelligence warrant issued under section 60 on the date on which the urgent intelligence warrant was issued; or
revoke the intelligence warrant issued under section 72.