Investigatory Powers Act 2016

Part 1 U.K. Table of authorities and officers etc.

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 4 Pt. 1 in force at 5.2.2019 by S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(m)

Table

[F1 (1) Relevant public authority	(2) Paragraphs of section 60A(7) specified	(3) DSO: minimum office, rank or position	(4) Type of communications data that may be obtained by DSO	(5) Paragraphs of section 61(7) specified for DSO	(6) Paragraphs of section 61A(7) specified for DSO
Police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g)	Inspector	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
		Superintendent	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
Metropolitan police force	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g)	Inspector	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
		Superintendent	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
City of London police force	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g)	Inspector	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
		Superintendent	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
Police Service of Scotland	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g)	Inspector	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
		Superintendent	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
Police Service of Northern Ireland	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g)	Inspector	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
		Superintendent	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
British Transport Police Force	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g)	Inspector	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
		Superintendent	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a), (b), (c) and (e)
Ministry of Defence Police	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), and (e)	Inspector	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
		Superintendent	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
Royal Navy Police	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), and (e)	Lieutenant Commander	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
		Commander	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
Royal Military Police	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), and (e)	Major	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
		Lieutenant Colonel	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
Royal Air Force Police	60A(7)(a), (b), (c), and (e)	Squadron Leader	Entity data	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
		Wing Commander	All	61(7)(a) and (c)	61A(7)(a) and (c)
Security Service	60A(7)(a), (b) and (c)	General Duties 4 or any other level 4 officer	Entity data	61(7)(a), (b) and (c)
		General Duties 3 or any other level 3 officer	All	61(7)(a), (b) and (c)
Secret Intelligence Service	60A(7)(a), (b) and (c)	Grade 6	All	61(7)(a), (b) and (c)
GCHQ	60A(7)(a), (b) and (c)	GC8	All	61(7)(a), (b) and (c)
Ministry of Defence	60A(7)(a) and (b)	Member of the Senior Civil Service or equivalent	All	61(7)(a)
		Grade 7 in the Fraud Defence Unit	All		61A(7)(a)
Department of Health	60A(7)(b) and (d)	Grade 7 in the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency	All		61A(7)(a) and (b)
		Grade 7 in the Anti-Fraud Unit	All		61A(7)(a)
Home Office	60A(7)(b), (d) and (g)	Immigration inspector or equivalent with responsibility for investigations or other functions relating to immigration and border security	All		61A(7)(a)
		Immigration inspector or equivalent with responsibility for anti-corruption in relation to investigations or other functions relating to immigration and border security	All		61A(7)(a)
		Immigration inspector or equivalent with responsibility for asylum fraud investigations	All		61A(7)(a)
		Immigration inspector or equivalent with responsibility for security and intelligence in the immigration detention estate	All		61A(7)(a), (b) and (e)
Ministry of Justice	60A(7)(b) and (d)	Manager in the security group of the National Offender Management Service responsible for intelligence	Entity data		61A(7)(a) and (b)
		Senior manager in the security group of the National Offender Manager Service responsible for intelligence	All		61A(7)(a) and (b)
National Crime Agency	60A(7)(b), (e) and (g)	Grade 3	Entity data		61A(7)(a), (c) and (e)
		Grade 2	All		61A(7)(a), (c) and (e)
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs	60A(7)(b)	Higher officer	Entity data		61A(7)(a)
		Senior officer	All		61A(7)(a)
Department for Transport	60A(7)(b), (d) and (e)	Enforcement Officer in Maritime and Coastguard Agency	Entity data		61A(7)(a) and (b)
		Head of Enforcement in Maritime and Coastguard Agency	All		61A(7)(a) and (b)
		Maritime Operations Commander (Grade 7) in the Maritime and Coastguard Agency	All		61A(7)(c)
		Principal Inspector in the Air Accident Investigation Branch, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch or the Rail Accident Investigation Branch	All		61A(7)(b)
Department for Work and Pensions	60A(7)(b)	Senior Executive Officer in Fraud and Error Services	All		61A(7)(a)
		Senior Executive Officer in the Child Maintenance Group Central Legal Services	All		61A(7)(a)
An ambulance trust in England	60A(7)(e)	Duty Manager of Ambulance Trust Control Rooms	All		61A(7)(c)
Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service	60A(7)(b)	Head of Counter Fraud Services	All		61A(7)(a)
Competition and Markets Authority	60A(7)(b)	Member of the Senior Civil Service with responsibility for cartels or criminal enforcement	All		61A(7)(a)
Criminal Cases Review Commission	60A(7)(f)	Investigations Adviser	All		61A(7)(d)
Department for Communities in Northern Ireland	60A(7)(b)	Deputy Principal	All		61A(7)(a)
Department for the Economy in Northern Ireland	60A(7)(b)	Deputy chief inspector in trading standards services	All		61A(7)(a)
Department of Justice in Northern Ireland	60A(7)(b), (d) and (g)	Governor 4 in the Northern Ireland Prison Service	All		61A(7)(a), (b) and (e)
Financial Conduct Authority	60A(7)(b)	Head of department in the Enforcement and Market Oversight Division	All		61A(7)(a)
A fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004	60A(7)(e)	Watch Manager (Control)	All		61A(7)(c)
Food Standards Agency	60A(7)(b)	Grade 6	All		61A(7)(a)
Food Standards Scotland	60A(7)(b)	Head of the Scottish Food Crime and Incidents Unit	All		61A(7)(a)
Gambling Commission	60A(7)(b)	Senior manager	All		61A(7)(a)
Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority	60A(7)(b)	Head of operations	All		61A(7)(a)
Health and Safety Executive	60A(7)(b) and (d)	Band 1 inspector	All		61A(7)(a) and (b)
Independent Office for Police Conduct	60A(7)(b) and (g)	Director or an equivalent grade	All		61A(7)(a) and (e)
Information Commissioner	60A(7)(b)	Group manager	Entity data		61A(7)(a)
		Head of enforcement or an equivalent grade	All		61A(7)(a)
National Health Service Business Services Authority	60A(7)(b)	Senior manager (of pay band 8b) in the Counter Fraud and Security Management Services Division	All		61A(7)(a)
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service Health and Social Care Trust	60A(7)(e)	Watch Manager (Control)	All		61A(7)(c)
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service Board	60A(7)(e)	Watch Manager (Control)	All		61A(7)(c)
Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Regional Business Services Organisation	60A(7)(b)	Assistant Director Counter Fraud and Probity Services	All		61A(7)(a)
Office of Communications	60A(7)(b)	Senior associate	All		61A(7)(a)
Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland	60A(7)(b)	Senior investigating officer	All		61A(7)(a)
Police Investigations and Review Commissioner	60A(7)(b) and (g)	Commissioner or Director of Operations	All		61A(7)(a) and (e)
Scottish Ambulance Service Board	60A(7)(e)	Watch Manager (Control)	All		61A(7)(c)
Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission	60A(7)(f)	Investigations Adviser	All		61A(7)(d)
Serious Fraud Office	60A(7)(b)	Grade 6	All		61A(7)(a)
Welsh Ambulance Services National Health Service Trust	60A(7)(e)	Watch Manager (Control)	All		61A(7)(c)]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 Pt. 1 table substituted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 26 (see S.I. 2019/174, art. 2(c))