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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part II
(d) where the authorisation was granted by the designated deputy of
the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence
Service or a person entitled to act for him by virtue of section
34(4)(j), that Director General;
(e) where the authorisation was granted by the designated deputy of
the Director General of the National Crime Squad or by a
person designated by that Director General for the purposes of
section 32(6)(l) or 34(4)(k), that Director General;
(f) where the authorisation was granted by a person entitled to act
for a senior authorising officer under section 34(4)(a) to (i), the
senior authorising officer in the force in question who is not
someone’s deputy; and
(g) where the authorisation was granted by a customs officer, the
customs officer for the time being designated for the purposes of
this paragraph by a written notice given to the Chief
Surveillance Commissioner by the Commissioners of Customs
and Excise.
1996 c. 16.
1967 c. 77.
(7) The references in subsection (6) to a person’s deputy are references
to the following—
(a) in relation to—
(i) a chief constable of a police force maintained under
section 2 of the Police Act 1996,
(ii) the Commissioner of Police for the City of London, or
(iii) a chief constable of a police force maintained under or
by virtue of section 1 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967,
to his designated deputy;
(b) in relation to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, to
an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and
(c) in relation to the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster
Constabulary, to the Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal
Ulster Constabulary;
and in this subsection and that subsection “designated deputy” has the
same meaning as in section 34.
(8) Any notice that is required by any provision of this section to be
given in writing may be given, instead, by being transmitted by
electronic means.
Quashing of police
and customs
authorisations etc.
37.—(1) This section applies where an authorisation for the carrying
out of intrusive surveillance has been granted on the application of—
(a) a member of a police force;
(b) a member of the National Criminal Intelligence Service;
(c) a member of the National Crime Squad; or
(d) a customs officer.
(2) Where an ordinary Surveillance Commissioner is at any time
satisfied that, at the time when the authorisation was granted or at any
time when it was renewed, there were no reasonable grounds for believing
that the requirements of section 32(2)(a) and (b) were satisfied, he may
quash the authorisation with effect, as he thinks fit, from the time of the
grant of the authorisation or from the time of any renewal of the
authorisation.