Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 E+W Minor and consequential amendments relating to SOCA

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) E+W

138 (1) Section 34 (grant of authorisations in absence of senior officer) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) In subsection (1)(a) for “of the National Criminal Intelligence Service or of the National Crime Squad” substitute “ a member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency ”.

(3) In subsection (2)(a) for “, Service or Squad” substitute “ or Agency ”.

(4) In subsection (4) for paragraphs (j) and (k) substitute—

“(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;”.

(5) Omit subsection (5).

(6) Omit subsection (6)(c).

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 para. 138 in force at 1.4.2006 by S.I. 2006/378, art. 4(1), Sch. para. 10 (with art. 4(2)-(7))