C1C2C3 Part II Surveillance and covert human intelligence sources

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. II (ss. 26-48) applied (with modifications)(16.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1057, arts. 2, 3

Pt. II (ss. 26-48): power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.10.2002) by 2002 c. 30, s. 19(2)(a); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(b)(v)

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Pt. 2: power to amend conferred (1.11.2022 for specified purposes, 20.2.2023 for specified purposes, 19.6.2023 in so far as not already in force) by 2006 c. 52, s. 340P(5)(a) (as inserted by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), ss. 11(3), 24(1); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 3; S.I. 2023/158, reg. 4; S.I. 2023/621, reg. 2)

Scotland

46 Restrictions on authorisations extending to Scotland.

1

No person shall grant or renew an authorisation under this Part for the carrying out of any conduct if it appears to him—

a

that the authorisation is not one for which this Part is the relevant statutory provision for all parts of the United Kingdom; and

b

that all the conduct authorised by the grant or, as the case may be, renewal of the authorisation is likely to take place in Scotland.

2

In relation to any authorisation, this Part is the relevant statutory provision for all parts of the United Kingdom in so far as it—

a

is granted or renewed on the grounds that it is necessary in the interests of national security or in the interests of the economic well-being of the United Kingdom;

b

is granted or renewed by or on the application of a person holding any office, rank or position with any of the public authorities specified in subsection (3);

c

authorises conduct of a person holding an office, rank or position with any of the public authorities so specified;

d

authorises conduct of F8or in relation to an individual acting as a covert human intelligence source for the benefit of any of the public authorities so specified; or

e

authorises conduct that is surveillance by virtue of section 48(4).

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the department of the Secretary of State by whom functions relating to immigration are exercisable; and

3

The public authorities mentioned in subsection (2) are—

a

each of the intelligence services;

b

Her Majesty’s forces;

c

the Ministry of Defence;

d

the Ministry of Defence Police;

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the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;

F9dzb

the Service Police Complaints Commissioner;

F6da

the CMA;

F5db

the National Crime Agency;

F2e

the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue F3... Customs;

f

the British Transport Police.

4

For the purposes of so much of this Part as has effect in relation to any other public authority by virtue of—

a

the fact that it is a public authority for the time being specified in Schedule 1, or

b

an order under subsection (1)(d) of section 41 designating that authority for the purposes of that section,

the authorities specified in subsection (3) of this section shall be treated as including that authority to the extent that the Secretary of State by order directs that the authority is a relevant public authority or, as the case may be, is a designated authority for all parts of the United Kingdom.

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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).