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  Investigatory Powers Bill - Clause 15 - Warrants for the Interception of the Communications of an Organisation
  
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  @ MP voted aye not to allow a warrant for the interception of communications to apply to an organisation's communications but to require them to specify particular individuals or premises.
  @ MP voted no to allow a warrant for the interception of communications to apply to an organisation's communications, rather than just to specific individuals or premises. 
  
  The majority of MPs voted to allow a warrant for the interception of communications to apply to an organisation's communications, rather than just to specific individuals or premises. 
  
  MPs were considering the Investigatory Powers Bill[1]. 
  
  The amendment rejected by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :Amendment: 267, page 12, line 3, leave out âor organisationâ
  
  The amendment was accompanied by an explanatory note stating:
  
  :These amendments would retain the capacity of a single warrant to permit  the interception of multiple individuals but would require an identifiable subject matter or premises to be provided. This narrows the current provisions which would effectively permit a limitless number of unidentified individuals to have their communications intercepted.
  
  Had it not been rejected the amendment would have impacted Clause 15[2] of the Bill titled ''Subject-matter of warrants'' which began:
  
  
  :(1) A warrant under this Chapter may relate toâ
  :(a) a particular person or organisation, or
  :(b) a single set of premises. 
  : (2) In addition, a targeted interception warrant or targeted examination warrant may relate toâ
  :(a) a group of persons who share a common purpose or who carry on, or may carry on, a particular activity;
  :(b) more than one person or organisation, or more than one set of premises, where the conduct authorised or required by the warrant is for the purposes of a single investigation or operation;
  :(c) testing or training activities. 
  
  The clause relates to warrants for the interception of communications. The amendment would have prevented a warrant applying to an organisation. 
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/investigatorypowers.html Parliament's webpage on the Investigatory Powers Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2016-2017/0002/cbill_2016-20170002_en_3.htm#pt2-ch1-pb1-l1g15 Clause 15 of the Bill as at the time of the vote]
  
  
  
  
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