the exercise and performance by the Secretary of State of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on him by or under sections 1 to 11;

the exercise and performance, by the persons on whom they are conferred or imposed, of the powers and duties conferred or imposed by or under Chapter II of Part I;

the exercise and performance by the Secretary of State in relation to information obtained under Part I of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on him by or under Part III; and

in connection with the investigation of any matter by the Tribunal; or

otherwise for the purposes of the Tribunal’s consideration or determination of any matter.

make such technical facilities available to the Commissioner, and

subject to the approval of the Treasury as to numbers, provide the Commissioner with such staff,

for the unexpired period of his term of office under that Act; and

otherwise, on the terms of his appointment under that Act.

every person holding office under the Crown,

every member of the National Criminal Intelligence Service,

every member of the National Crime Squad,

every person employed by or for the purposes of a police force,

every person required for the purposes of section 11 to provide assistance with giving effect to an interception warrant,

every person on whom an obligation to take any steps has been imposed under section 12,

every person by or to whom an authorisation under section 22(3) has been granted,

every person to whom a notice under section 22(4) has been given,

every person to whom a notice under section 49 has been given in relation to any information obtained under Part I, and

every person who is or has been employed for the purposes of any business of a person falling within paragraph (e), (f), (h) or (i),

that there has been a contravention of the provisions of this Act in relation to any matter with which that Commissioner is concerned, and

that the contravention has not been the subject of a report made to the Prime Minister by the Tribunal,

national security,

the prevention or detection of serious crime,

the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, or

the continued discharge of the functions of any public authority whose activities include activities that are subject to review by that Commissioner,

the exercise by the Secretary of State of his powers under sections 5 to 7 of the M17Intelli gence Services Act 1994 (warrants for interference with wireless telegraphy, entry and interference with property etc.);

the exercise and performance by members of the intelligence services of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on them by or under Parts II and III of this Act;

the exercise and performance in places other than Northern Ireland, by officials of the Ministry of Defence and by members of Her Majesty’s forces, of the powers and duties conferred or imposed on such officials or members of Her Majesty’s forces by or under Parts II and III; and

in connection with the investigation of any matter by the Tribunal; or

otherwise for the purposes of the Tribunal’s consideration or determination of any matter.

for the unexpired period of his term of office under that Act; and

otherwise, on the terms of his appointment under that Act.

every member of an intelligence service,

every official of the department of the Secretary of State, and

every member of Her Majesty’s forces,

national security,

the prevention or detection of serious crime,

the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, or

the continued discharge of the functions of any public authority whose activities include activities that are subject to review by that Commissioner,

in connection with the investigation of any matter by the Tribunal; or

otherwise for the purposes of the Tribunal’s consideration or determination of any matter.

every person by whom, or on whose application, there has been given or granted any authorisation the function of giving or granting which is subject to review by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner for Northern Ireland,

every person who has engaged in conduct with the authority of such an authorisation,

every person who holds or has held any office, rank or position with the same public authority as a person falling within paragraph (a), and

every person who holds or has held any office, rank or position with any public authority for whose benefit (within the meaning of Part II) activities which are or may be subject to any such review have been or may be carried out,

the prevention or detection of serious crime, or

the continued discharge of the functions of any public authority whose activities include activities that are subject to review by that Commissioner,

in any capacity in which he is or was the holder of a high judicial office (within the meaning of the M14Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876); or

as a county court judge.

the exercise and performance, by the persons on whom they are conferred or imposed, of the powers and duties conferred or imposed by or under Part II;

the exercise and performance, by any person other than a judicial authority, of the powers and duties conferred or imposed, otherwise than with the permission of such an authority, by or under Part III; and

the adequacy of the arrangements by virtue of which the duties imposed by section 55 are sought to be discharged in relation to persons whose conduct is subject to review under paragraph (b).

any judge of the High Court or of the Crown Court or any Circuit Judge;

any judge of the High Court of Justiciary or any sheriff;

any justice of the peace;

any county court judge or resident magistrate in Northern Ireland;

any person holding any such judicial office as entitles him to exercise the jurisdiction of a judge of the Crown Court or of a justice of the peace.

a judge of the Crown Court or a Circuit judge;

a sheriff in Scotland; or

a county court judge in Northern Ireland.

require any ordinary Surveillance Commissioner or any Assistant Surveillance Commissioner to provide him with assistance in carrying out his functions under section 62(1); or

require any Assistant Surveillance Commissioner to provide him with assistance in carrying out his equivalent functions under any Act of the Scottish Parliament in relation to any provisions of such an Act that are equivalent to those of Part II of this Act.

the conduct on behalf of the Chief Surveillance Commissioner of the review of any matter; and

the making of a report to the Chief Surveillance Commissioner about the matter reviewed.

to be the only appropriate tribunal for the purposes of section 7 of the M3Human Rights Act 1998 in relation to any proceedings under subsection (1)(a) of that section (proceedings for actions incompatible with Convention rights) which fall within subsection (3) of this section;

to consider and determine any complaints made to them which, in accordance with subsection (4), are complaints for which the Tribunal is the appropriate forum;

to consider and determine any reference to them by any person that he has suffered detriment as a consequence of any prohibition or restriction, by virtue of section 17, on his relying in, or for the purposes of, any civil proceedings on any matter; and

to hear and determine any other such proceedings falling within subsection (3) as may be allocated to them in accordance with provision made by the Secretary of State by order.

they are proceedings against any of the intelligence services;

they are proceedings against any other person in respect of any conduct, or proposed conduct, by or on behalf of any of those services;

they are proceedings brought by virtue of section 55(4); or

they are proceedings relating to the taking place in any challengeable circumstances of any conduct falling within subsection (5).

to have taken place in relation to him, to any of his property, to any communications sent by or to him, or intended for him, or to his use of any postal service, telecommunications service or telecommunication system; and

to have taken place in challengeable circumstances or to have been carried out by or on behalf of any of the intelligence services.

conduct by or on behalf of any of the intelligence services;

conduct for or in connection with the interception of communications in the course of their transmission by means of a postal service or telecommunication system;

conduct to which Chapter II of Part I applies;

conduct to which Part II applies;

the giving of a notice under section 49 or any disclosure or use of a key to protected information;

any entry on or interference with property or any interference with wireless telegraphy.

any of the intelligence services;

any of Her Majesty’s forces;

any police force;

the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

the National Crime Squad; or

the Commissioners of Customs and Excise;

it takes place with the authority, or purported authority, of anything falling within subsection (8); or

the circumstances are such that (whether or not there is such authority) it would not have been appropriate for the conduct to take place without it, or at least without proper consideration having been given to whether such authority should be sought;

an interception warrant or a warrant under the M4Interception of Communications Act 1985;

an authorisation or notice under Chapter II of Part I of this Act;

an authorisation under Part II of this Act or under any enactment contained in or made under an Act of the Scottish Parliament which makes provision equivalent to that made by that Part;

a permission for the purposes of Schedule 2 to this Act;

a notice under section 49 of this Act; or

an authorisation under section 93 of the M5Police Act 1997.

references to a key and to protected information shall be construed in accordance with section 56;

references to the disclosure or use of a key to protected information taking place in relation to a person are references to such a disclosure or use taking place in a case in which that person has had possession of the key or of the protected information; and

references to the disclosure of a key to protected information include references to the making of any disclosure in an intelligible form (within the meaning of section 56) of protected information by a person who is or has been in possession of the key to that information;

any judge of the High Court or of the Crown Court or any Circuit Judge;

any judge of the High Court of Justiciary or any sheriff;

any justice of the peace;

any county court judge or resident magistrate in Northern Ireland;

any person holding any such judicial office as entitles him to exercise the jurisdiction of a judge of the Crown Court or of a justice of the peace.

to hear and determine any proceedings brought before them by virtue of section 65(2)(a) or (d); and

to consider and determine any complaint or reference made to them by virtue of section 65(2)(b) or (c).

to investigate the authority (if any) for any conduct falling within section 65(5) which they find has been so engaged in; and

in relation to the Tribunal’s findings from their investigations, to determine the complaint by applying the same principles as would be applied by a court on an application for judicial review.

an order quashing or cancelling any warrant or authorisation; and

provision for the establishment and membership of a tribunal or body to hear appeals;

the appointment of persons to that tribunal or body and provision about the remuneration and allowances to be payable to such persons and the expenses of the tribunal;

the conferring of jurisdiction to hear appeals on any existing court or tribunal; and

any such provision in relation to an appeal under the order as corresponds to provision that may be made by rules under section 69 in relation to proceedings before the Tribunal, or to complaints or references made to the Tribunal.

in connection with the investigation of any matter, or

otherwise for the purposes of the Tribunal’s consideration or determination of any matter,

is aware that the matter is the subject of proceedings, a complaint or a reference brought before or made to the Tribunal; and

is kept informed of any determination, award, order or other decision made by the Tribunal with respect to that matter.

a statement that they have made a determination in his favour; or

a statement that no determination has been made in his favour.

the Tribunal make a determination in favour of any person by whom any proceedings have been brought before the Tribunal or by whom any complaint or reference has been made to the Tribunal, and

the determination relates to any act or omission by or on behalf of the Secretary of State or to conduct for which any warrant, authorisation or permission was issued, granted or given by the Secretary of State,

to exercise the jurisdiction conferred on them by or under section 65; or

otherwise to exercise or perform any power or duty conferred or imposed on them by or under this Act.

every person holding office under the Crown;

every member of the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

every member of the National Crime Squad;

every person employed by or for the purposes of a police force;

every person required for the purposes of section 11 to provide assistance with giving effect to an interception warrant;

every person on whom an obligation to take any steps has been imposed under section 12;

every person by or to whom an authorisation under section 22(3) has been granted;

every person to whom a notice under section 22(4) has been given;

every person by whom, or on whose application, there has been granted or given any authorisation under Part II of this Act or under Part III of the M6Police Act 1997;

every person who holds or has held any office, rank or position with the same public authority as a person falling within paragraph (i);

every person who has engaged in any conduct with the authority of an authorisation under section 22 or Part II of this Act or under Part III of the M7Police Act 1997;

every person who holds or has held any office, rank or position with a public authority for whose benefit any such authorisation has been or may be given;

every person to whom a notice under section 49 has been given; and

every person who is or has been employed for the purposes of any business of a person falling within paragraph (e), (f), (h) or (m).

the exercise by the Tribunal of the jurisdiction conferred on them by or under section 65; and

any matters preliminary or incidental to, or arising out of, the hearing or consideration of any proceedings, complaint or reference brought before or made to the Tribunal.

enable the jurisdiction of the Tribunal to be exercised at any place in the United Kingdom by any two or more members of the Tribunal designated for the purpose by the President of the Tribunal;

enable different members of the Tribunal to carry out functions in relation to different complaints at the same time;

prescribe the form and manner in which proceedings are to be brought before the Tribunal or a complaint or reference is to be made to the Tribunal;

prescribe the forms of hearing or consideration to be adopted by the Tribunal in relation to particular proceedings, complaints or references (including a form that requires any proceedings brought before the Tribunal to be disposed of as if they were a complaint or reference made to the Tribunal);

prescribe the practice and procedure to be followed on, or in connection with, the hearing or consideration of any proceedings, complaint or reference (including, where applicable, the mode and burden of proof and the admissibility of evidence);

prescribe orders that may be made by the Tribunal under section 67(6) or (7);

require information about any determination, award, order or other decision made by the Tribunal in relation to any proceedings, complaint or reference to be provided (in addition to any statement under section 68(4)) to the person who brought the proceedings or made the complaint or reference, or to the person representing his interests.

for a person who has brought any proceedings before or made any complaint or reference to the Tribunal to have the right to be legally represented;

for the manner in which the interests of a person who has brought any proceedings before or made any complaint or reference to the Tribunal are otherwise to be represented;

for the appointment in accordance with the rules, by such person as may be determined in accordance with the rules, of a person to represent those interests in the case of any proceedings, complaint or reference.

enabling or requiring the Tribunal to hear or consider any proceedings, complaint or reference without the person who brought the proceedings or made the complaint or reference having been given full particulars of the reasons for any conduct which is the subject of the proceedings, complaint or reference;

enabling or requiring the Tribunal to take any steps in exercise of their jurisdiction in the absence of any person (including the person bringing the proceedings or making the complaint or reference and any legal representative of his);

enabling or requiring the Tribunal to give a summary of any evidence taken in his absence to the person by whom the proceedings were brought or, as the case may be, to the person who made the complaint or reference;

enabling or requiring the Tribunal to exercise their jurisdiction, and to exercise and perform the powers and duties conferred or imposed on them (including, in particular, in relation to the giving of reasons), in such manner provided for in the rules as prevents or limits the disclosure of particular matters.

enabling powers or duties of the Tribunal that relate to matters preliminary or incidental to the hearing or consideration of any proceedings, complaint or reference to be exercised or performed by a single member of the Tribunal; and

conferring on the Tribunal such ancillary powers as the Secretary of State thinks necessary for the purposes of, or in connection with, the exercise of the Tribunal’s jurisdiction, or the exercise or performance of any power or duty conferred or imposed on them.

the need to secure that matters which are the subject of proceedings, complaints or references brought before or made to the Tribunal are properly heard and considered; and

the need to secure that information is not disclosed to an extent, or in a manner, that is contrary to the public interest or prejudicial to national security, the prevention or detection of serious crime, the economic well-being of the United Kingdom or the continued discharge of the functions of any of the intelligence services.

the rules’ ceasing to have effect shall be without prejudice to anything previously done or to the making of new rules; and

in reckoning the period of forty days no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.

section 5 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the M8Security Service Act 1989 (investigation of complaints about the Security Service made to the Tribunal established under that Act);

section 9 of, and Schedules 1 and 2 to, the M9Intelligence Services Act 1994 (investigation of complaints about the Secret Intelligence Service or GCHQ made to the Tribunal established under that Act); and

section 102 of, and Schedule 7 to, the M10Police Act 1997 (investigation of complaints made to the Surveillance Commissioners).

Parts I to III of this Act;

section 5 of the M11Intelligence Services Act 1994 (warrants for interference with property or wireless telegraphy for the purposes of the intelligence services); and

Part III of the M12Police Act 1997 (authorisation by the police or customs and excise of interference with property or wireless telegraphy).

prepare and publish a draft of that code; and

consider any representations made to him about the draft;

revise the whole or any part of a code issued under this section; and

issue the revised code.

the court or tribunal conducting any civil or criminal proceedings,

the Tribunal,

a relevant Commissioner carrying out any of his functions under this Act,

a Surveillance Commissioner carrying out his functions under this Act or the M13Police Act 1997, or

any Assistant Surveillance Commissioner carrying out any functions of his under section 63 of this Act,