1. This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Equipment Interference – Code of Practice) (Scotland) Order 2018 and comes into force on 1st September 2018.
2.—(1) This article applies to the code of practice entitled “Equipment Interference” which—
(a)relates to the exercise and performance of powers and duties conferred and imposed on the Police Service and the Police Investigations and Review Commissioner by and under Part 5 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 in relation to equipment interference; and
(b)was issued by the Scottish Ministers on 11th December 2017.
(2) The code of practice comes into force on 1st September 2018.
MICHAEL MATHESON
A member of the Scottish Government
St Andrew’s House,
Edinburgh
7th February 2018