C5C6C7C8C9Part 2Complaints and Misconduct

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. 2 (ss. 9-29) applied (with modifications) (1.4.2004) by The Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/643), regs. 21, 29, 30

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Pt. 2 (ss. 9-29): power to apply conferred (7.4.2005 at 5.45 p.m.) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), ss. 28(2)(a), 53; S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2

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C1C2C3C419 Use of investigatory powers by or on behalf of the Commission

1

The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as he thinks appropriate for the purpose of authorising—

a

the use of directed and intrusive surveillance, and

b

the conduct and use of covert human intelligence sources,

for the purposes of, or for purposes connected with, the carrying out of the Commission’s functions.

2

An order under this section may, for the purposes of or in connection with any such provision as is mentioned in subsection (1), provide for—

a

Parts 2 and 4 the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (surveillance and covert human intelligence sources and scrutiny of investigatory powers), and

b

Part 3 of the 1997 Act (authorisations in respect of property),

to have effect with such modifications as may be specified in the order.

3

The Secretary of State shall not make an order containing (with or without any other provision) any provision authorised by this section unless a draft of that order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House.

4

Expressions used in this section and in Part 2 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 have the same meanings in this section as in that Part.