Investigatory Powers Act 2016

80 Police collaboration agreements U.K.

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the chief officer of police of an England and Wales police force (“force 1”) has entered into a police collaboration agreement for the purposes of a collaborating police force's functions under this Part, and

[F1 (b) under the terms of the agreement, officers of force 1 act as single points of contact for officers of the collaborating police force.]

[F2 (2) The persons who may act as single points of contact under a collaboration agreement are additional to those persons who could otherwise act as single points of contact.]

F3 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F3 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) [F4 Where officers of force 1 act as single points of contact for officers of the collaborating police force,] section 76(4)(b) has effect as if the references to the relevant public authority were references to the collaborating police force.

(6) In this section—

• “collaborating police force”, in relation to a police collaboration agreement, means a police force (other than force 1) whose chief officer of police is a party to the agreement,

• “England and Wales police force” means—

  (a)

  any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and Wales outside London),

  (b)

  the metropolitan police force, or

  (c)

  the City of London police force,

• “police collaboration agreement” has the same meaning as in section 78 (see subsection (6) of that section),

and references in this section to an England and Wales police force or a police force include the National Crime Agency (and references to the chief officer of police include the Director General of the National Crime Agency).

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 80(1)(b) substituted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 19(2) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))

F2 S. 80(2) substituted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 19(3) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))

F3 S. 80(3)(4) omitted (5.2.2019) by virtue of The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 19(4) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))

F4 Words in s. 80(5) substituted (5.2.2019) by The Data Retention and Acquisition Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1123), reg. 1(4)(d)(5), Sch. 1 para. 19(5) (see S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(c))

Commencement Information

I1 S. 80 in force at 5.2.2019 by S.I. 2019/174, reg. 2(d)