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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Sch. 1
Other bodies
18. The Environment Agency.
19. The Financial Services Authority.
20. The Food Standards Agency.
21. The Intervention Board for Agricultural Produce.
22. The Personal Investment Authority.
23. The Post Office.
Part II
Relevant authorities for the purposes only of s. 28
The Health and Safety Executive
24. The Health and Safety Executive.
NHS bodies in England and Wales
1977 c. 49.
25. A Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health
Service Act 1977.
26. A Special Health Authority established under section 11 of the National
Health Service Act 1977.
1990 c. 19.
27. A National Heath Service trust established under section 5 of the National
Health Service and Community Care Act 1990.
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
28. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.
Section 49.
SCHEDULE 2
Persons having the appropriate permission
Requirement that appropriate permission is granted by a judge
1.—(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a person has the
appropriate permission in relation to any protected information if, and only if,
written permission for the giving of section 49 notices in relation to that
information has been granted—
(a) in England and Wales, by a Circuit judge;
(b) in Scotland, by a sheriff; or
(c) in Northern Ireland, by a county court judge.
(2) Nothing in paragraphs 2 to 5 of this Schedule providing for the manner
in which a person may be granted the appropriate permission in relation to any
protected information without a grant under this paragraph shall be construed
as requiring any further permission to be obtained in a case in which permission
has been granted under this paragraph.