(1)This section applies in the case of an application to the Director General [F2or the Deputy Director General ]of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency for an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance where the case is urgent.
(2)If it is not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application to be considered by the Director General or the Deputy Director General of that Agency, the application may be made to and considered by—
(a)the chief constable of the police force to which subsection (3) below applies
(b)a person (if there is one) who is entitled, as a designated deputy of that chief constable, to exercise the functions in relation to that application of that chief constable; or
(c)if it is not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application to be considered by a person such as is mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above, any person who is entitled under subsection (4) of section 12 above to act, for the purposes of that section, for that chief constable.
(3)This subsection applies to a police force if—
(a)in the case of an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance in relation to any residential premises, those premises are in; and
(b)in the case of an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance in relation to any private vehicle, the chief constable of that police is satisfied that the operation will commence in,the area of operation of that police force.
(4) In this section “ designated deputy ” has the same meaning as in section 12 above. ]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 12A inserted (1.4.2007) by Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp10), ss. 101, 104, {Sch. 6 para. 9(6)}; S.S.I. 2007/84, art. 3(3)
F2Words in s. 12A(1) inserted (28.3.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 106(5), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, Sch.