Intelligence Services Act 1994
c. 13
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(5) The Commissioner shall make an annual report on the discharge of
his functions to the Prime Minister and may at any time report to him on
any matter relating to his discharge of those functions.
(6) The Prime Minister shall lay before each House of Parliament a
copy of each annual report made by the Commissioner under subsection
(5) above together with a statement as to whether any matter has been
excluded from that copy in pursuance of subsection (7) below.
(7) If it appears to the Prime Minister, after consultation with the
Commissioner, that the publication of any matter in a report would be
prejudicial to the continued discharge of the functions of the Intelligence
Service or, as the case may be, GCHQ, the Prime Minister may exclude
that matter from the copy of the report as laid before each House of
Parliament.
(8) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the
Commissioner and with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers,
provide the Commissioner with such staff as the Secretary of State thinks
necessary for the discharge of his functions.
9.—(l) There shall be a Tribunal for the purpose of investigating Investigation of
complaints about the Intelligence Service or GCHQ in the manner complaints.
specified in Schedule 1 to this Act.
(2) The Commissioner shall have the functions conferred on him by
Schedule 1 to this Act and give the Tribunal all such assistance in
discharging their functions under that Schedule as they may require.
(3) Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the
constitution, procedure and other matters relating to the Tribunal.
(4) The decisions of the Tribunal and the Commissioner under
Schedule 1 to this Act (including decisions as to their jurisdictions) shall
not be subject to appeal or liable to be questioned in any court.
The Intelligence and Security Committee
1O.—(l) There shall be a Committee, to be known as the Intelligence The Intelligence
and Security Committee and in this section referred to as "the and Security
Committee", to examine the expenditure, administration and policy of— Commiftee.
(a) the Security Service;
(b) the Intelligence Service; and
(c) GCHQ.
(2) The Committee shall consist
of nine members—
(a) who shall be drawn both from the members of the House of
Commons and from the members of the House of Lords; and
(b) none of whom shall be a Minister of the Crown.
(3) The members of the Committee shall be appointed by the Prime
Minister after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition, within the
meaning of the Ministerial and other Salaries Act 1975; and one of those
members shall be so appointed as Chairman of the Committee.
(4) Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect with respect to the tenure of
office of members of, the procedure of and other matters relating to, the
Committee; and in that Schedule "the Committee" has the same meaning
as in this section.
1975 c. 27.