Other safeguards
20Reviews of operation of Act
(1)
The Secretary of State must appoint a person to review the operation of this Act (“the independent reviewer”).
(2)
The independent reviewer must carry out a review of the operation of this Act in respect of each calendar year, starting with the first complete calendar year beginning after the passing of this Act.
(3)
Each review must be completed as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the calendar year to which the review relates.
(4)
The independent reviewer must send to the Secretary of State a report on the outcome of each review carried out under subsection (2) as soon as reasonably practicable after completion of the review.
(5)
On receiving a report under subsection (4), the Secretary of State must lay a copy of it before Parliament.
(6)
The Secretary of State may pay to the independent reviewer—
(a)
expenses incurred in carrying out the functions of the reviewer under this section, and
(b)
such allowances as the Secretary of State determines.
(7)
Subject to subsection (8), this section does not require a review to be carried out in relation to any time which falls after the Secretary of State’s TPIM powers have expired or been repealed under section 21, except for the period of 28 days referred to in section 22(2).
(8)
If the Secretary of State’s TPIM powers are revived under section 21, the independent reviewer must carry out a review of the operation of this Act in respect of—
(a)
the period which—
(i)
begins when the revival takes effect, and
(ii)
ends with the end of the calendar year in which the revival takes effect; and
(b)
each subsequent calendar year.
(9)
In such a case, this section and the other provisions of this Act apply as if references to a review under subsection (2) were references to a review under subsection (8).