Additional offices, ranks and positions prescribed for urgent cases
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1
Subject to the restrictions in articles 5 to 7A, the offices, ranks and positions listed in the entries in column (3) of the Schedule (being offices, ranks and positions with the relevant public authorities which are listed in relation to such entries in column (1) of that Schedule) are prescribed for the purposes of section 30(1) of the Act in the circumstances specified in paragraph (2).
2
An individual holding an office, rank or position which is listed in an entry in column (3) of the Schedule may only grant an authorisation—
a
for the purposes of section 28 or 29 of the Act in the case of an entry in Part 1 of the Schedule;
b
for the purposes of section 29 or 29B in the case of an entry in Part 1A of the Schedule;
c
for the purposes of section 29B only in the case of an entry in Part 1B; or
d
for the purposes of section 28 only in the case of an entry in Part 2,
where is it not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application for an authorisation to be considered by an individual with the same relevant public authority holding an office, rank or position which is listed in column (2) of the Schedule.
Art. 4 in force at 6.4.2010, see art. 1(1)
Words in art. 4(1) substituted (1.11.2012) by The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1500), arts. 1, 2(3)
Art. 4(2) substituted (10.8.2021) by The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Criminal Conduct Authorisations) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/601), arts. 1(2), 4(3)