PART 3APPROVAL BY ORDINARY SURVEILLANCE COMMISSIONER OR SECRETARY OF STATE
Approving officer4.
(1)
Where the person designated for the purposes of section 29 of the 2000 Act is—
(a)
a member of any of the intelligence services,
(b)
an official of the Ministry of Defence,
(c)
an individual holding an office, rank or position in Her Majesty’s Prison Service or the Northern Ireland Prison Service, or
(d)
a member of Her Majesty’s forces,
the approving officer for the purposes of this Part shall be the Secretary of State.
(2)
In any other case, the approving officer shall be an ordinary Surveillance Commissioner.