Part 3Authorisations for obtaining communications data

Local authorities

74Requirement to be party to collaboration agreement

1

A designated senior officer of a local authority may not grant an authorisation unless—

a

the local authority is a party to a collaboration agreement (whether as a supplying authority or a subscribing authority or both), and

b

that collaboration agreement is certified by the Secretary of State (having regard to guidance given by virtue of section 79(6) and (7)) as being appropriate for the local authority.

2

A designated senior officer of a local authority may only grant an authorisation to a person within subsection (3).

3

A person is within this subsection if the person is an officer of a relevant public authority which is a supplying authority under a collaboration agreement to which the local authority is a party.

4

If the local authority is itself a supplying authority under a collaboration agreement with the result that officers of the local authority are permitted to be granted authorisations by a designated senior officer of a subscribing authority, the persons within subsection (3) include officers of the local authority.

5

In this section “collaboration agreement”, “subscribing authority” and “supplying authority” have the same meaning as in section 78.