Intelligence Services Act 1994

E96486
Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom

The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is a UK law that formally put the country’s intelligence agencies, including MI6 and GCHQ, on a statutory footing and defined their powers, functions, and oversight mechanisms.

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Surface form Occurrences
An Act to make provision about the Secret Intelligence Service, the Government Communications Headquarters and the Security Service; and for connected purposes 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
amendedBy Justice and Security Act 2013 ⓘ
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 ⓘ
authorises Secretary of State to issue warrants ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
createsBody Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ⓘ
definesFunctionsOf Government Communications Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
Security Service ⓘ
definesPowersOf Government Communications Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishesOversightFor Government Communications Headquarters NERFINISHED ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
Security Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
establishesOversightMechanism Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
longTitle Intelligence Services Act 1994 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: An Act to make provision about the Secret Intelligence Service, the Government Communications Headquarters and the Security Service; and for connected purposes
parliament Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
providesFor warrants for interference with property ⓘ
warrants for interference with wireless telegraphy ⓘ
purpose protection of national security ⓘ
regulation of UK intelligence agencies ⓘ
safeguarding the economic well-being of the United Kingdom ⓘ
support of the prevention and detection of serious crime ⓘ
putsOnStatutoryFooting Government Communications Headquarters ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates Government Communications Headquarters ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service NERFINISHED ⓘ
Security Service ⓘ
royalAssentDate 1994-05-26 ⓘ
section Section 1 ⓘ
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shortTitle Intelligence Services Act 1994 self-link ⓘ
subjectMatter intelligence services ⓘ
parliamentary oversight of intelligence agencies ⓘ
surveillance and interception powers ⓘ
yearEnacted 1994 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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Government Communications Headquarters → legalBasis → Intelligence Services Act 1994 ⓘ
Military Intelligence, Section 6 → legalBasis → Intelligence Services Act 1994 ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service → legalBasis → Intelligence Services Act 1994 ⓘ
SIS → legalBasis → Intelligence Services Act 1994 ⓘ
subject surface form: Secret Intelligence Service
Security Service → legalBasis → Intelligence Services Act 1994 ⓘ
Security Service (MI5) → legalBasis → Intelligence Services Act 1994 ⓘ
British intelligence → legalFramework → Intelligence Services Act 1994 ⓘ
Intelligence Services Act 1994 → longTitle → Intelligence Services Act 1994 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: An Act to make provision about the Secret Intelligence Service, the Government Communications Headquarters and the Security Service; and for connected purposes
Intelligence Services Act 1994 → shortTitle → Intelligence Services Act 1994 self-link ⓘ