DRIPAData Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2014

DRIPA was passed after the Court of Justice of the EU declared the Data Retention Directive 2006/24/EC invalid. It dealt with the retention of communications data, amended the grounds for interception warrants and certain notices under Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, addressed the extra-territorial application of that Part and the meaning of 'telecommunications service', and required a review of investigatory powers. Its operative sections ceased to have effect on 31 December 2016, and the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 took over the subject.

• communications data retention
• interception warrants
• extra-territorial reach
• sunset clause

Contained a sunset clause that ended its operative provisions on 31 December 2016.

• Adopted 17 July 2014
• In force 17 July 2014
• Ended 31 December 2016
• Royal Assent and commencement 17 July 2014 (s. 8(1)); sections 1 to 7 repealed 31 December 2016 by their own sunset clause (s. 8(3)); s. 8 omitted 27 June 2018 by the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

• Authoritative text legislation.gov.uk

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High confidence.

Section 8(1) provides that the Act comes into force on the day on which it is passed (Royal Assent, 17 July 2014); section 1(6) alone awaited a commencement order. The 31 December 2016 sunset is in the Act's own text.