http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/schedule/part/1/enactedCovert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021enKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-03-02SCHEDULEConsequential amendmentsPART 1Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000Introductory1

The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is amended as follows.

Orders under section 30 for Northern Ireland2

In section 31 (orders under section 30 for Northern Ireland), in subsection (1), after “authorisations” insert “under section 28 or 29”.

Granting authorisations3

In the heading before section 32A (authorisations requiring judicial approval), after “approval” insert “or notification”.

4(1)

Section 33 (rules for grant of authorisations) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

(3)

In subsection (1ZB), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

(4)

In subsection (1ZC)(b), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

(5)

In subsection (1A), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

(6)

In subsection (2), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

5(1)

Section 33A (further provision about granting authorisations in cases where the National Crime Agency is party to a collaboration agreement) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (2), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

(3)

In subsection (3), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

(4)

In subsection (4), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.

General rules about grant, renewal, duration and cancellation6(1)

Section 43 (general rules about grant, renewal and duration) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (3)(b), after “source” insert “or is an authorisation under section 29B”.

(3)

In subsection (6), after “source” insert “or an authorisation under section 29B”.

7(1)

Section 45 (cancellation of authorisations) is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

in paragraph (a), after “29(2)(a) and (b)” insert “, 29B(4)(a) and (b)”;

(b)

omit the “or” at the end of that paragraph;

(c)

at the end of paragraph (b) insert—(c)

in the case of an authorisation under section 29B where the source is under the age of 18 (“the juvenile source”), the person—

(i)

becomes aware of circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that harm, within the meaning of section 29C(5), to the juvenile source would result from the authorisation,

(ii)

is satisfied that the authorisation would no longer be compatible with the need to safeguard and promote the best interests of the juvenile source, or

(iii)

is satisfied that arrangements for the juvenile source’s case that satisfy the requirements of subsection (3)(c) of section 29C no longer exist; or

(d)

in the case of any authorisation under section 29B, the person is satisfied that any arrangements for the source’s case required to satisfy any requirements mentioned in subsection (4)(c) of that section no longer exist

.

(3)

In subsection (2), for “either” substitute “any”.

(4)

In subsection (3), for “either” substitute “any”.

8

In section 46 (restrictions on authorisations extending to Scotland)—

(a)

in subsection (2)(d), after “conduct of” insert “or in relation to”;

(b)

after subsection (4) insert—(5)

No person may grant or renew a section 29B(5)(b) authorisation if it appears to the person that all or some of the conduct authorised by the section 29B(5)(b) authorisation is likely to take place in Scotland.

(6)

But subsection (5) does not apply if the grant or renewal of the section 29B(5)(b) authorisation is for a purpose relating to a reserved matter (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998).

(7)

For the purposes of subsections (5) and (6), “a section 29B(5)(b) authorisation” means an authorisation under section 29B in so far as it is granted or, as the case may be, renewed on the grounds that it is necessary on grounds falling within section 29B(5)(b).

Authorising authorities9(1)

Part 1 of Schedule 1 (relevant authorities for the purposes of sections 28 and 29) is amended as follows.

(2)

In the heading of the Part, after “purposes” insert “only”.

(3)

Omit—

(a)

paragraph 1 (any police force);

(b)

paragraph 2 (National Crime Agency);

(c)

paragraph 4 (Serious Fraud Office);

(d)

paragraph 5 (intelligence services) and the italic heading before it;

(e)

paragraph 6 (armed forces) and the italic heading before it;

(f)

paragraph 7 (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) and the italic heading before it;

(g)

paragraph 12 (Department of Health and Social Care);

(h)

paragraph 13 (Home Office);

(i)

paragraph 13ZA (Ministry of Justice);

(j)

paragraph 18 (Environment Agency);

(k)

paragraph 19 (Financial Conduct Authority);

(l)

paragraph 20 (Food Standards Agency);

(m)

paragraph 20A (Gambling Commission);

(n)

paragraph 20B (Competition and Markets Authority).

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd">
<act name="ukpga">
<meta>
<identification source="#">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/4"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/4"/>
<FRBRdate date="2021-03-01" name="enacted"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/>
<FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/>
<FRBRnumber value="4"/>
<FRBRname value="2021 c. 4"/>
<FRBRprescriptive value="true"/>
</FRBRWork>
<FRBRExpression>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/enacted"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/enacted"/>
<FRBRdate date="2021-03-01" name="enacted"/>
<FRBRauthor href="#"/>
<FRBRlanguage language="eng"/>
</FRBRExpression>
<FRBRManifestation>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/enacted/data.akn"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/enacted/data.akn"/>
<FRBRdate date="2024-11-24Z" name="transform"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/>
<FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/>
</FRBRManifestation>
</identification>
<lifecycle source="#">
<eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="2021-03-01" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/>
</lifecycle>
<analysis source="#">
<otherAnalysis source=""/>
</analysis>
<references source="#">
<TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/>
</references>
<proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/schedule/part/1/enacted</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Covert Human Intelligence Sources (Criminal Conduct) Act 2021</dc:title>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2021-03-02</dc:modified>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="final"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="2021"/>
<ukm:Number Value="4"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2021-03-01"/>
<ukm:ISBN Value="9780105701057"/>
</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Note IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2021/4/notes"/>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/pdfs/ukpgaen_20210004_en.pdf" Date="2021-07-16" Title="Explanatory Note" Size="1357197"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
</ukm:Notes>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/4/pdfs/ukpga_20210004_en.pdf" Date="2021-03-02" Size="419168"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="49"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="33"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="16"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<body>
<hcontainer name="schedules">
<hcontainer name="schedule" eId="schedule">
<num>SCHEDULE</num>
<heading>Consequential amendments</heading>
<part eId="schedule-part-1" uk:target="true">
<num>PART 1</num>
<heading>Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000</heading>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7">
<heading>Introductory</heading>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-1" class="schProv1">
<num>1</num>
<content>
<p>The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 is amended as follows.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7">
<heading>Orders under section 30 for Northern Ireland</heading>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-2" class="schProv1">
<num>2</num>
<content>
<p>In section 31 (orders under section 30 for Northern Ireland), in subsection (1), after “authorisations” insert “under section 28 or 29”.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7">
<heading>Granting authorisations</heading>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-3" class="schProv1">
<num>3</num>
<content>
<p>In the heading before section 32A (authorisations requiring judicial approval), after “approval” insert “or notification”.</p>
</content>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4" class="schProv1">
<num>4</num>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Section 33 (rules for grant of authorisations) is amended as follows.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (1), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (1ZB), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (1ZC)(b), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (1A), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-4-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (2), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5" class="schProv1">
<num>5</num>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Section 33A (further provision about granting authorisations in cases where the National Crime Agency is party to a collaboration agreement) is amended as follows.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (2), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (3), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-5-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (4), for “or 29” substitute “, 29 or 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7">
<heading>General rules about grant, renewal, duration and cancellation</heading>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6" class="schProv1">
<num>6</num>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Section 43 (general rules about grant, renewal and duration) is amended as follows.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (3)(b), after “source” insert “or is an authorisation under section 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-6-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (6), after “source” insert “or an authorisation under section 29B”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7" class="schProv1">
<num>7</num>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Section 45 (cancellation of authorisations) is amended as follows.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>In subsection (1)—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>in paragraph (a), after “29(2)(a) and (b)” insert “, 29B(4)(a) and (b)”;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>omit the “or” at the end of that paragraph;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-7-2-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
at the end of paragraph (b) insert—
<quotedStructure startQuote="" endQuote="" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double">
<level class="para1">
<num>(c)</num>
<intro>
<p>in the case of an authorisation under section 29B where the source is under the age of 18 (“the juvenile source”), the person—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>becomes aware of circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that harm, within the meaning of section 29C(5), to the juvenile source would result from the authorisation,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2">
<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>is satisfied that the authorisation would no longer be compatible with the need to safeguard and promote the best interests of the juvenile source, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2">
<num>(iii)</num>
<content>
<p>is satisfied that arrangements for the juvenile source’s case that satisfy the requirements of subsection (3)(c) of section 29C no longer exist; or</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
<level class="para1">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>in the case of any authorisation under section 29B, the person is satisfied that any arrangements for the source’s case required to satisfy any requirements mentioned in subsection (4)(c) of that section no longer exist</p>
</content>
</level>
</quotedStructure>
<inline name="appendText">.</inline>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (2), for “either” substitute “any”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-7-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>In subsection (3), for “either” substitute “any”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-8" class="schProv1">
<num>8</num>
<intro>
<p>In section 46 (restrictions on authorisations extending to Scotland)—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>in subsection (2)(d), after “conduct of” insert “or in relation to”;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-8-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>
<mod>
after subsection (4) insert—
<quotedStructure startQuote="" endQuote="" uk:context="body" uk:docName="ukpga" ukl:TargetClass="primary" ukl:TargetSubClass="unknown" ukl:Context="main" ukl:Format="double">
<subsection eId="d25e294">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>No person may grant or renew a section 29B(5)(b) authorisation if it appears to the person that all or some of the conduct authorised by the section 29B(5)(b) authorisation is likely to take place in Scotland.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="d25e300">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>
But subsection
<ref href="#d25e294">(5)</ref>
does not apply if the grant or renewal of the section 29B(5)(b) authorisation is for a purpose relating to a reserved matter (within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection>
<num>(7)</num>
<content>
<p>
For the purposes of subsections
<ref href="#d25e294">(5)</ref>
and
<ref href="#d25e300">(6)</ref>
, “a section 29B(5)(b) authorisation” means an authorisation under section 29B in so far as it is granted or, as the case may be, renewed on the grounds that it is necessary on grounds falling within section 29B(5)(b).
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</quotedStructure>
</mod>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</paragraph>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" class="schGroup7">
<heading>Authorising authorities</heading>
<paragraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9" class="schProv1">
<num>9</num>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Part 1 of Schedule 1 (relevant authorities for the purposes of sections 28 and 29) is amended as follows.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>In the heading of the Part, after “purposes” insert “only”.</p>
</content>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>Omit—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 1 (any police force);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 2 (National Crime Agency);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 4 (Serious Fraud Office);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 5 (intelligence services) and the italic heading before it;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-e">
<num>(e)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 6 (armed forces) and the italic heading before it;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-f">
<num>(f)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 7 (Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs) and the italic heading before it;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-g">
<num>(g)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 12 (Department of Health and Social Care);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-h">
<num>(h)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 13 (Home Office);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-i">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 13ZA (Ministry of Justice);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-j">
<num>(j)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 18 (Environment Agency);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-k">
<num>(k)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 19 (Financial Conduct Authority);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-l">
<num>(l)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 20 (Food Standards Agency);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-m">
<num>(m)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 20A (Gambling Commission);</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="schedule-paragraph-9-3-n">
<num>(n)</num>
<content>
<p>paragraph 20B (Competition and Markets Authority).</p>
</content>
</level>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</hcontainer>
</part>
</hcontainer>
</hcontainer>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>