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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part II
(5) The conduct that is authorised by an authorisation for the carrying
out of intrusive surveillance is any conduct that—
(a) consists in the carrying out of intrusive surveillance of any such
description as is specified in the authorisation;
(b) is carried out in relation to the residential premises specified or
described in the authorisation or in relation to the private
vehicle so specified or described; and
(c) is carried out for the purposes of, or in connection with, the
investigation or operation so specified or described.
1996 c. 16.
1967 c. 77.
Rules for grant of
authorisations.
(6) For the purposes of this section the senior authorising officers are—
(a) the chief constable of every police force maintained under
section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and
Wales outside London);
(b) the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis and every
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis;
(c) the Commissioner of Police for the City of London;
(d) the chief constable of every police force maintained under or by
virtue of section 1 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (police
forces for areas in Scotland);
(e) the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the
Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;
(f) the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;
(g) the Provost Marshal of the Royal Navy Regulating Branch;
(h) the Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police;
(i) the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police;
(j) the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police;
(k) the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence
Service;
(l) the Director General of the National Crime Squad and any
person holding the rank of assistant chief constable in that
Squad who is designated for the purposes of this paragraph by
that Director General; and
(m) any customs officer designated for the purposes of this
paragraph by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise.
Police and customs authorisations
33.—(1) A person who is a designated person for the purposes of
section 28 or 29 by reference to his office, rank or position with a police
force, the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National Crime
Squad shall not grant an authorisation under that section except on an
application made by a member of the same force, Service or Squad.
(2) A person who is designated for the purposes of section 28 or 29 by
reference to his office, rank or position with the Commissioners of
Customs and Excise shall not grant an authorisation under that section
except on an application made by a customs officer.
(3) A person who is a senior authorising officer by reference to a police
force, the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National Crime
Squad shall not grant an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive
surveillance except—