Part 5Equipment interference

Further provision about warrants

I1121Notification of modifications

1

As soon as is reasonably practicable after a person makes a modification of a warrant under section 118, a Judicial Commissioner must be notified of the modification and the reasons for making it.

2

But subsection (1) does not apply where—

a

the modification is to remove any matter, name or description included in the warrant in accordance with section 115(3) to (5),

b

the modification is made by virtue of section 119(2), or

c

any of sections 111 to 114 applies in relation to the making of the modification.

3

Where a modification is made by a senior official in accordance with section 119(1) or section 120(5)(a)(ii), the Secretary of State or (in the case of a warrant issued by the Scottish Ministers) a member of the Scottish Government must be notified personally of the modification and the reasons for making it.