24.— (1) This section applies where—

(a) a criminal investigation is taking place in a member state,

(b) a lawful interception order or warrant for the interception of telecommunications messages to or from a specified person or telecommunications address has been issued in the member state in connection with the investigation,

(c) a competent authority in the member state makes a request to the Minister for—

(i) the interception and immediate transmission to the authority or a person nominated by it of telecommunications messages to or from the telecommunications address concerned, or

(ii) the interception and recording of the messages and the transmission of the recording to the authority or the person nominated by it, and

(d) the specified person—

(i) is present in the member state or another member state and the competent authority in the former member state needs the technical assistance of the State to intercept the telecommunications messages, or

(ii) is present in the State and the interception can be made therein.

(2) The request shall—

(a) indicate the name of the competent authority,

(b) confirm that a lawful interception order or warrant has been issued in connection with a criminal investigation,

(c) give sufficient information to identify the person whose telecommunication messages are to be intercepted,

(d) give an indication of the criminal conduct under investigation,

(e) state the desired duration of the interception,

(f) provide sufficient technical data, including the network connection number of the telecommunications address concerned, to ensure that the request can be met, and

(g) if the person is present in a member state other than that in which the lawful interception order or warrant has been issued and from which no technical assistance is required to carry out the interception, confirm that that member state has been informed of the order or warrant pursuant to Article 20(2)(a) of the 2000 Convention.

(3) Where—

(a) the person whose telecommunications messages are to be intercepted is present in the State, or

(b) the request is for the interception and recording of the messages and transmission of the recording,

the request shall also include a summary of the facts relating to the offence being investigated and any further information that the Minister may require to enable him or her to decide whether the conduct constituting the offence, if it occurred in the State, would constitute a serious offence within the meaning of the Act of 1993 and otherwise justify the giving of an authorisation under that Act.