The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data: Additional Public Authorities) Order 2002

Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 25(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.

Draft Statutory Instruments

2002 No.

INVESTIGATORY POWERS

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data: Additional Public Authorities) Order 2002

Made

2002

Coming into force

1st August 2002

Whereas a draft of this Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph (g) of the definition of “relevant public authority” in section 25(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000(1), hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communications Data: Additional Public Authorities) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st August 2002.

Additional Public Authorities

2.  The public authorities set out in the Schedule to this Order are hereby specified as relevant public authorities for the purposes of section 25(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

        2002

Article 2

SCHEDULE ADDITIONAL RELEVANT PUBLIC AUTHORITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF SECTION 25(1) OF THE REGULATION OF INVESTIGATORY POWERS ACT 2000

Government departments
1.	The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
2.	The Department of Health.
3.	The Home Office.
4.	The Department of Trade and Industry.
5.	The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.
6.	The Department for Work and Pensions.
7.	The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment for Northern Ireland.
Local authorities
8.	Any local authority within the meaning of section 1 of the Local Government Act 1999(2).
9.	Any fire authority as defined in the Local Government (Best Value) Performance Indicators Order 2000(3).
10.	A council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(4).
11.	A district council within the meaning of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972(5).
NHS bodies in Scotland and Northern Ireland
12.	The Common Services Agency of the Scottish Health Service.
13.	The Northern Ireland Central Services Agency for the Health and Social Services.
Other bodies
14.	The Environment Agency.
15.	The Financial Services Authority.
16.	The Food Standards Agency.
17.	The Health and Safety Executive.
18.	The Information Commissioner.
19.	The Office of Fair Trading.
20.	The Postal Services Commission.
21.	The Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency.
22.	The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
23.	The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary.
24.	A Universal Service Provider within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000(6).

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies additional public authorities for the purposes of section 25(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“the 2000 Act”). Public authorities specified for the purposes of section 25 are entitled to obtain communications data under the provisions set out in Chapter II of Part I of the 2000 Act.

(1)

2000 c. 23.

(2)

1999 c. 27.

(3)

S.I. 2000/896.

(4)

1994 c. 39.

(5)

1972 c. 9 (N.I.).

(6)

2000 c. 26.