EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 47(1)(b) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 confers power on the Secretary State to provide that any description of directed surveillance is to be treated for the purposes of Part II of that Act as intrusive surveillance.

This Order exercises this power in respect of directed surveillance that is carried out in relation to anything taking place on so much of any specified premises as is, at any time during the surveillance, used for the purpose of legal consultations.