Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Public General Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom
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Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Summary

Investigatory Powers Act 2016 is a Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of public_general_act_of_the_parliament_of_the_united_kingdom entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016 is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's instance of is recorded as Public General Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom[4].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's language of work or name is recorded as English[5].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's legislated by is recorded as Parliament of the United Kingdom[6].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's publication date is recorded as +2016-00-00T00:00:00Z[7].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's main subject is recorded as Investigatory Powers Commissioner[8].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/contents[9].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's applies to jurisdiction is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's legal citation of this text is recorded as 2016 c. 25[11].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'An Act to make provision about the interception of communications, equipment interference and the acquisition and retention of communications data, bulk personal datasets and other information; to make provision about the treatment of material held as a result of such interception, equipment interference or acquisition or retention; to establish the Investigatory Powers Commissioner and other Judicial Commissioners and make provision about them and other oversight arrangements; to make further provision about investigatory powers and national security; to amend sections 3 and 5 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994; and for connected purposes.'}[12].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's BBC Things ID is recorded as 1ecc121e-aaa6-4aa4-b3f7-8406ecb6b59d[13].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Investigatory Powers Act 2016'}[14].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bwp1p7jb[15].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's parliamentary term is recorded as 2nd session of the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom[16].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's legislation.gov.uk ID is recorded as ukpga/2016/25[17].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's UK Parliament thesaurus ID is recorded as 432574[18].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's UK Parliament ID is recorded as zUAvpk0w[19].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's date of promulgation is recorded as +2016-11-29T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Investigatory Powers Act 2016's UK Parliament bill ID is recorded as 1749[21].

Why It Matters

Investigatory Powers Act 2016 ranks in the top 6% of public_general_act_of_the_parliament_of_the_united_kingdom entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (117 views/month).[2] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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  15. [17] . legislation.gov.uk. legislation.gov.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [20] . Investigatory Powers Act 2016. wikidata.org.
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  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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