s 226BA Category authorisation
(1) In this Part “a category authorisation” is an authorisation that authorises a category of bulk personal datasets described in the authorisation for the purposes of this Part. (2) The head of an intelligence service, or a person acting on their behalf, may grant a category authorisation where— (a) they consider that section 226A applies to any dataset that falls within the category of datasets described in the authorisation, and (b) the decision to grant the authorisation has been approved by a Judicial Commissioner. (3) A category authorisation may describe a category of bulk personal datasets by reference to (among other things) the use to which the datasets will be put.