In fairness to this legislation, it was partly introduced to replace a maze of anachronistic, impenetrable and incomprehensible statutes which the intelligence

In fairness to this legislation, it was partly introduced to replace a maze of anachronistic, impenetrable and incomprehensible statutes which the intelligence agencies in the UK had been exploiting for decades. In the wake of the Snowden revelations, the UK government was advised to provide a more solid legal footing for its intelligence activities.