ch2300c06a

01-08-00 21:43:35

c. 23

36

ACT

Unit: pag1

RA Proof 20.7.2000

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

Part II

(a) in relation to section 28 if it is specified in Part I or II of Schedule
1; and
(b) in relation to section 29 if it is specified in Part I of that Schedule.
(5) An order under this section may amend Schedule 1 by—
(a) adding a public authority to Part I or II of that Schedule;
(b) removing a public authority from that Schedule;
(c) moving a public authority from one Part of that Schedule to
the other;
(d) making any change consequential on any change in the name of
a public authority specified in that Schedule.
(6) Without prejudice to section 31, the power to make an order under
this section shall be exercisable by the Secretary of State.
(7) The Secretary of State shall not make an order under subsection (5)
containing any provision for—
(a) adding any public authority to Part I or II of that Schedule, or
(b) moving any public authority from Part II to Part I of that
Schedule,
unless a draft of the order has been laid before Parliament and approved
by a resolution of each House.
Orders under s. 30
for Northern
Ireland.

31.—(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), the power to make an order
under section 30 for the purposes of the grant of authorisations for
conduct in Northern Ireland shall be exercisable by the Office of the First
Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland (concurrently
with being exercisable by the Secretary of State).
(2) The power of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First
Minister to make an order under section 30 by virtue of subsection (1) or
(3) of that section shall not be exercisable in relation to any public
authority other than—
(a) the Food Standards Agency;
(b) the Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce;
(c) an authority added to Schedule 1 by an order made by that
Office;
(d) an authority added to that Schedule by an order made by the
Secretary of State which it would (apart from that order) have
been within the powers of that Office to add to that Schedule for
the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.
(3) The power of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First
Minister to make an order under section 30—
(a) shall not include power to make any provision dealing with an
excepted matter;
(b) shall not include power, except with the consent of the Secretary
of State, to make any provision dealing with a reserved matter.

S.I. 1979/1573
(N.I. 12).

(4) The power of the Office of the First Minister and deputy First
Minister to make an order under section 30 shall be exercisable by
statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland)
Order 1979.

Select target paragraph3