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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part II
1996 c. 16.
1967 c. 77.
(b) by the deputy of any other person,
that other person shall cancel the authorisation if he is satisfied as to either
of the matters mentioned in subsection (1).
(3) Where an authorisation under this Part was granted or, as the case
may be, last renewed by a person whose deputy had power to grant it, that
deputy shall cancel the authorisation if he is satisfied as to either of the
matters mentioned in subsection (1).
(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for the person
by whom any duty imposed by this section is to be performed in a case in
which it would otherwise fall on a person who is no longer available to
perform it.
(5) Regulations under subsection (4) may provide for the person on
whom the duty is to fall to be a person appointed in accordance with the
regulations.
(6) The references in this section 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;
(c) in relation to the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster
Constabulary, to the Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal
Ulster Constabulary;
(d) in relation to the Director General of the National Criminal
Intelligence Service, to his designated deputy; and
(e) in relation to the Director General of the National Crime Squad,
to any person designated by him for the purposes of section
32(6)(l) or to his designated deputy.
(7) In this section “designated deputy” has the same meaning as in
section 34.
Scotland
Restrictions on
authorisations
extending to
Scotland.
46.—(1) No person shall grant or renew an authorisation under this
Part for the carrying out of any conduct if it appears to him—
(a) that the authorisation is not one for which this Part is the
relevant statutory provision for all parts of the United
Kingdom; and
(b) that all the conduct authorised by the grant or, as the case may
be, renewal of the authorisation is likely to take place in
Scotland.
(2) In relation to any authorisation, this Part is the relevant statutory
provision for all parts of the United Kingdom in so far as it—
(a) is granted or renewed on the grounds that it is necessary in the
interests of national security or in the interests of the economic
well-being of the United Kingdom;