The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (British Broadcasting Corporation) Order 2001

Modifications of section 43

4.   In its application to the detection of television receivers, section 43 of the 2000 Act (general rules about grant, renewal and duration) shall have effect as if—

(a)in subsection (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there were substituted “must be in writing”;

(b)for subsection (3) there were substituted—

“(3) Subject to subsection (4), an authorisation under this Part shall cease to have effect—

(a)in the case of an authorisation which has not been renewed and in which is specified a period of less than eight weeks beginning with the day on which the grant of the authorisation takes effect, at the end of that period;

(b)in the case of an authorisation which has not been renewed and to which paragraph (a) does not apply, at the end of the period of eight weeks beginning with the day on which the grant of the authorisation takes effect;

(c)in the case of an authorisation which has been renewed, and in which is specified a period of less than eight weeks beginning with the day on which the grant of the authorisation takes effect, at the end of a period of the same length beginning with the day on which the latest renewal takes effect;

(d)in the case of an authorisation which has been renewed, and to which paragraph (c) does not apply, at the end of the period of eight weeks beginning with the day on which the latest renewal takes effect.”;

(c)for subsection (5) there were substituted—

“(5) Section 27A shall have effect in relation to the renewal of an authorisation under this Part as if references to the grant of an authorisation included references to its renewal.”; and

(d)in subsection (9) for paragraphs (a) to (c) there were substituted—

“(a)in the case of the grant of an authorisation, to the time at which or, as the case may be, day on which the authorisation is granted;

(b)in the case of the renewal of an authorisation, to the time at which or, as the case may be, day on which the authorisation would have ceased to have effect but for the renewal.”.