Words in s. 34(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178, Sch. 4 para. 138(2); S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

Words in s. 34(1)(a) inserted (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 199(5)(a), 279; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

Words in s. 34(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178, Sch. 4 para. 138(3); S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

Words in s. 34(2)(a) inserted (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 199(5)(b), 279; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

1996 c. 16.

1967 c. 77.

Words in s. 34(4)(g) substituted (4.6.2007) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 172(a); S.I. 2007/1442, art. 2(1)

Words in s. 34(4)(g) substituted (4.6.2007) by Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52), ss. 378, 383, Sch. 16 para. 172(b); S.I. 2007/1442, art. 2(1)

S. 34(4)(j) substituted (1.4.2006) for s. 34(4)(j)(k) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 178, Sch. 4 para. 138(4); S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

S. 34(4)(m) inserted (20.6.2003) by 2002 c. 40, ss. 199(5)(c), 279; S.I. 2003/1397, art. 2(1), Sch.

S. 34(5) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 138(5), Sch. 17; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(hh) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

S. 34(6)(a)(aa) substituted (8.11.2006) for s. 34(6)(a) by Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48), ss. 52, 53, Sch. 14 para. 39

1839 c. xciv.

S. 34(6)(c) repealed (1.4.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 59, 174, 178, Sch. 4 para. 138(6), Sch. 17; S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. paras. 10, 13(hh) (subject to art. 4(2)-(7))

Pt. II (ss. 26-48) applied (with modifications)(16.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1057, arts. 2, 3

Pt. II (ss. 26-48): power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.10.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 19(2)(a); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(b)(v)

Pt. 2 modified (1.4.2004) by The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Investigatory Powers) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/815), art. 3 (as amended (E.W.) (8.1.2018) by The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250), regs. 1, 10(6) (with reg. 37))

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/23/section/34/2007-06-04Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000An Act to make provision for and about the interception of communications, the acquisition and disclosure of data relating to communications, the carrying out of surveillance, the use of covert human intelligence sources and the acquisition of the means by which electronic data protected by encryption or passwords may be decrypted or accessed; to provide for Commissioners and a tribunal with functions and jurisdiction in relation to those matters, to entries on and interferences with property or with wireless telegraphy and to the carrying out of their functions by the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters; and for connected purposes.2000-07-28texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-302007-06-04Part II Surveillance and covert human intelligence sources Police and customs authorisations
34 Grant of authorisations in the senior officer’s absence.1

This section applies in the case of an application for an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance where—

a

the application is one made by a member of a police force, a member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency or by an officer of the OFT ora customs officer; and

b

the case is urgent.

2

If —

a

it is not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application to be considered by any person who is a senior authorising officer by reference to the force or Agency in question or, as the case may be, as chairman of the OFT orby virtue of a designation by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and

b

it also not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application to be considered by a person (if there is one) who is entitled, as a designated deputy of a senior authorising officer, to exercise the functions in relation to that application of such an officer,

the application may be made to and considered by any person who is entitled under subsection (4) to act for any senior authorising officer who would have been entitled to consider the application.

3

A person who considers an application under subsection (1) shall have the same power to grant an authorisation as the person for whom he is entitled to act.

4

For the purposes of this section—

a

a person is entitled to act for the chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in that force;

b

a person is entitled to act for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or for an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, if he holds the rank of commander in the metropolitan police force;

c

a person is entitled to act for the Commissioner of Police for the City of London if he holds the rank of commander in the City of London police force;

d

a person is entitled to act for the chief constable of a police force maintained under or by virtue of section 1 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in that force;

e

a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or for the Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary;

f

a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police if he holds the rank of deputy or assistant chief constable in that force;

g

a person is entitled to act for the Provost Marshal of the Royal Navy Police if he holds the position of assistant Provost Marshal in that force ;

h

a person is entitled to act for the Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police or the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police if he holds the position of deputy Provost Marshal in the police force in question;

i

a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police if he holds the rank of deputy or assistant chief constable in that force;

j

a person is entitled to act for the Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency if he is a person designated for the purposes of this paragraph by that Director General as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case;

l

a person is entitled to act for a person who is a senior authorising officer by virtue of a designation by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, if he is designated for the purposes of this paragraph by those Commissioners as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case.

m

a person is entitled to act for the chairman of the OFT if he is an officer of the OFT designated by it for the purposes of this paragraph as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case.

5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

6

In this section “designated deputy”—

a

in relation to the chief constable for a police force in England and Wales, means—

i

the person who is the appropriate deputy chief constable for the purposes of section 12A(1) of the Police Act 1996, or

ii

a person holding the rank of assistant chief constable who is designated to act under section 12A(2) of that Act;

aa

in relation to the chief constable for a police force in Scotland, means—

i

a person holding the rank of deputy chief constable and, where there is more than one person in the police force who holds that rank, who is designated as the officer having the powers and duties conferred on a deputy chief constable by section 5A(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, or

ii

a person holding the rank of assistant chief constable who is designated to act under section 5A(2) of that Act;

b

in relation to the Commissioner of Police for the City of London, means a person authorised to act under section 25 of the City of London Police Act 1839;

c

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/59">ss. 59</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/178">178</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/4/paragraph/138/2">Sch. 4 para. 138(2)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378">S.I. 2006/378</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/schedule/paragraph/10">Sch. para. 10</ref>
(subject to
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/2" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/7">art. 4(2)-(7)</rref>
)
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<p>
Words in s. 34(1)(a) inserted (20.6.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40">2002 c. 40</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/199/5/a">ss. 199(5)(a)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/279">279</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397">S.I. 2003/1397</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397/schedule">Sch.</ref>
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<note class="commentary F" eId="c19900861">
<p>
Words in s. 34(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15">Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/59">ss. 59</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/178">178</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/4/paragraph/138/3">Sch. 4 para. 138(3)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378">S.I. 2006/378</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/schedule/paragraph/10">Sch. para. 10</ref>
(subject to
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/2" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/7">art. 4(2)-(7)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c10567401">
<p>
Words in s. 34(2)(a) inserted (20.6.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40">2002 c. 40</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/199/5/b">ss. 199(5)(b)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/279">279</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397">S.I. 2003/1397</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c10567411">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16">1996 c. 16</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c10567421">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1967/77">1967 c. 77</ref>
.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19929101">
<p>
Words in s. 34(4)(g) substituted (4.6.2007) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52">Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52/section/378">ss. 378</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52/section/383">383</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/16/paragraph/172/a">Sch. 16 para. 172(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/1442">S.I. 2007/1442</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/1442/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19929121">
<p>
Words in s. 34(4)(g) substituted (4.6.2007) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52">Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52/section/378">ss. 378</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52/section/383">383</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/52/schedule/16/paragraph/172/b">Sch. 16 para. 172(b)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/1442">S.I. 2007/1442</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/1442/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19900881">
<p>
S. 34(4)(j) substituted (1.4.2006) for s. 34(4)(j)(k) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15">Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/59">ss. 59</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/178">178</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/4/paragraph/138/4">Sch. 4 para. 138(4)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378">S.I. 2006/378</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/schedule/paragraph/10">Sch. para. 10</ref>
(subject to
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/2" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/7">art. 4(2)-(7)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c10567431">
<p>
S. 34(4)(m) inserted (20.6.2003) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40">2002 c. 40</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/199/5/c">ss. 199(5)(c)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/40/section/279">279</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397">S.I. 2003/1397</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397/article/2/1">art. 2(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2003/1397/schedule">Sch.</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19900901">
<p>
S. 34(5) repealed (1.4.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15">Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/59">ss. 59</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/174">174</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/178">178</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/4/paragraph/138/5">Sch. 4 para. 138(5)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/17">Sch. 17</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378">S.I. 2006/378</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/schedule/paragraph/10">Sch. paras. 10</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/schedule/paragraph/13/hh">13(hh)</ref>
(subject to
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/2" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/7">art. 4(2)-(7)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19929061">
<p>
S. 34(6)(a)(aa) substituted (8.11.2006) for s. 34(6)(a) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/48">Police and Justice Act 2006 (c. 48)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/48/section/52">ss. 52</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/48/section/53">53</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2006/48/schedule/14/paragraph/39">Sch. 14 para. 39</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary M" eId="c10567471">
<p>
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukla/1839/10">1839 c. x</ref>
civ.
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary F" eId="c19900911">
<p>
S. 34(6)(c) repealed (1.4.2006) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15">Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/59">ss. 59</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/174">174</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/178">178</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/4/paragraph/138/6">Sch. 4 para. 138(6)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/schedule/17">Sch. 17</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378">S.I. 2006/378</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/1">art. 4(1)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/schedule/paragraph/10">Sch. paras. 10</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/schedule/paragraph/13/hh">13(hh)</ref>
(subject to
<rref from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/2" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2006/378/article/4/7">art. 4(2)-(7)</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c10566931">
<p>
Pt. II (ss. 26-48) applied (with modifications)(16.3.2001) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1057">S.I. 2001/1057</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1057/article/2">arts. 2</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2001/1057/article/3">3</ref>
</p>
<p>
Pt. II (ss. 26-48): power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.10.2002) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/30">2002 c. 30</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/30/section/19/2/a">s. 19(2)(a)</ref>
;
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/2306">S.I. 2002/2306</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2002/2306/article/2/b/v">art. 2(b)(v)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note class="commentary C" eId="c19895831">
<p>
Pt. 2 modified (1.4.2004) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2004/815">The Independent Police Complaints Commission (Investigatory Powers) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/815)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2004/815/article/3">art. 3</ref>
(as amended (E.W.) (8.1.2018) by
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1250">The Independent Office for Police Conduct (Transitional and Consequential) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1250)</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1250/regulation/1">regs. 1</ref>
,
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1250/regulation/10/6">10(6)</ref>
(with
<ref href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2017/1250/regulation/37">reg. 37</ref>
))
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as chairman of the
<abbr class="Acronym" title="Office of Fair Trading">OFT</abbr>
or
</ins>
by virtue of a designation by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, and
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-2-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>it also not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application to be considered by a person (if there is one) who is entitled, as a designated deputy of a senior authorising officer, to exercise the functions in relation to that application of such an officer,</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<wrapUp>
<p>the application may be made to and considered by any person who is entitled under subsection (4) to act for any senior authorising officer who would have been entitled to consider the application.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-34-3">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>A person who considers an application under subsection (1) shall have the same power to grant an authorisation as the person for whom he is entitled to act.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-34-4" period="#period1">
<num>4</num>
<intro>
<p>For the purposes of this section—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-a">
<num>a</num>
<content>
<p>
a person is entitled to act for the chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the
<noteRef href="#c10567411" marker="M1" class="commentary M"/>
Police Act 1996 if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in that force;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>a person is entitled to act for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or for an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, if he holds the rank of commander in the metropolitan police force;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>a person is entitled to act for the Commissioner of Police for the City of London if he holds the rank of commander in the City of London police force;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-d">
<num>d</num>
<content>
<p>
a person is entitled to act for the chief constable of a police force maintained under or by virtue of section 1 of the
<noteRef href="#c10567421" marker="M2" class="commentary M"/>
Police (Scotland) Act 1967 if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in that force;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-e">
<num>e</num>
<content>
<p>a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or for the Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-f">
<num>f</num>
<content>
<p>a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police if he holds the rank of deputy or assistant chief constable in that force;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-g">
<num>g</num>
<content>
<p>
a person is entitled to act for the Provost Marshal of the
<ins class="substitution d29p82004 first last">
<noteRef href="#c19929101" marker="F5" class="commentary attribute F"/>
Royal Navy Police
</ins>
if he holds the position of assistant Provost Marshal in
<ins class="substitution d29p82008 first last">
<noteRef href="#c19929121" marker="F6" class="commentary attribute F"/>
that force
</ins>
;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-h">
<num>h</num>
<content>
<p>a person is entitled to act for the Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police or the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police if he holds the position of deputy Provost Marshal in the police force in question;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-i">
<num>i</num>
<content>
<p>a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police if he holds the rank of deputy or assistant chief constable in that force;</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-j">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p82024 first">
<noteRef href="#c19900881" marker="F7" class="commentary attribute F"/>
j
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p82024 last">a person is entitled to act for the Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency if he is a person designated for the purposes of this paragraph by that Director General as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-l">
<num>l</num>
<content>
<p>a person is entitled to act for a person who is a senior authorising officer by virtue of a designation by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, if he is designated for the purposes of this paragraph by those Commissioners as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-4-m">
<num>
<ins class="d29p82039 first">
<noteRef href="#c10567431" marker="F8" class="commentary attribute F"/>
m
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="d29p82039 last">
a person is entitled to act for the chairman of the
<abbr class="Acronym" title="Office of Fair Trading">OFT</abbr>
if he is an officer of the
<abbr class="Acronym" title="Office of Fair Trading">OFT</abbr>
designated by it for the purposes of this paragraph as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case.
</ins>
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-34-5">
<num>5</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c19900901" marker="F9" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-34-6">
<num>6</num>
<intro>
<p>In this section “designated deputy”—</p>
</intro>
<paragraph eId="section-34-6-a">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060 first">
<noteRef href="#c19929061" marker="F10" class="commentary attribute F"/>
a
</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">in relation to the chief constable for a police force in England and Wales, means—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-34-6-a-i">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">the person who is the appropriate deputy chief constable for the purposes of section 12A(1) of the Police Act 1996, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-34-6-a-ii">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">ii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">a person holding the rank of assistant chief constable who is designated to act under section 12A(2) of that Act;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-6-aa">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">aa</ins>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">in relation to the chief constable for a police force in Scotland, means—</ins>
</p>
</intro>
<subparagraph eId="section-34-6-aa-i">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">i</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">a person holding the rank of deputy chief constable and, where there is more than one person in the police force who holds that rank, who is designated as the officer having the powers and duties conferred on a deputy chief constable by section 5A(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, or</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="section-34-6-aa-ii">
<num>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060">ii</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution d29p82060 last">a person holding the rank of assistant chief constable who is designated to act under section 5A(2) of that Act;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-6-b">
<num>b</num>
<content>
<p>
in relation to the Commissioner of Police for the City of London, means a person authorised to act under section 25 of the
<noteRef href="#c10567471" marker="M3" class="commentary M"/>
City of London Police Act 1839;
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="section-34-6-c">
<num>c</num>
<content>
<p>
<noteRef href="#c19900911" marker="F11" class="commentary F"/>
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
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</portion>
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