(1)The Secretary of State must appoint a person to review the operation of this Act (“the independent reviewer”).
[F1(1A)The independent reviewer must carry out a review under this section in respect of each calendar year starting with 2022 and ending with 2026.
Each review must be completed as soon as reasonably practicable after the year to which it relates.]
[F2(2)In each calendar year [F3after 2026] the independent reviewer must, by 31 January, inform the Secretary of State what (if any) reviews under this section the reviewer intends to carry out in that year.
Those reviews must be completed during that year or as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of it.]
(4)The independent reviewer must send to the Secretary of State a report on the outcome of each review carried out under [F4this section] as soon as reasonably practicable after completion of the review.
(5)On receiving a report under subsection (4), the Secretary of State must lay a copy of it before Parliament.
(6)The Secretary of State may pay to the independent reviewer—
(a)expenses incurred in carrying out the functions of the reviewer under this section, and
(b)such allowances as the Secretary of State determines.
[F5(7)Subsection (1A) does not require a review to be carried out in respect of any calendar year during the whole of which the Secretary of State's TPIM powers (within the meaning given by section 21(8)) do not exist because of their expiry or repeal under section 21.]
F6(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F6(9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 20(1A) inserted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 41(1)(a), 50(2)(s) (with s. 41(2))
F2S. 20(2) substituted for s. 20(2)(3) (12.4.2015) by Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), ss. 45(3)(a), 52(2)(b) (with s. 49(4)(d))
F3Words in s. 20(2) inserted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 41(1)(b), 50(2)(s) (with s. 41(2))
F4Words in s. 20(4) substituted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 41(1)(c), 50(2)(s) (with s. 41(2))
F5S. 20(7) inserted (29.6.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 41(1)(d), 50(2)(s) (with s. 41(2))
F6S. 20(7)-(9) omitted (12.4.2015) by virtue of Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c. 6), ss. 45(3)(b), 52(2)(b)