Draft Order laid before the Scottish Parliament under section 8(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 for approval by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.
2010 No.
Investigatory Powers
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010
Made   
Coming into force 29th November 2010

The Scottish Ministers make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(4)(a) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 and all other powers enabling them to do so.
2000 asp 11.
In accordance with section 8(5) of that Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by resolution of the Scottish Parliament.

1 Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Amendment Order 2010 and comes into force on 29th November 2010.

2 Amendment of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000
After section 8(3)(h) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 insert—

“(i) the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service.”

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     A member of the Scottish Executive St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh Date

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 (asp 11) to add the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service as a relevant public authority which may grant authorisations for the use of directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources.