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Sch. 3
ACT
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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Members of the Tribunal with special responsibilities
3.—(1) The President of the Tribunal shall designate one or more members of
the Tribunal as the member or members having responsibilities in relation to
matters involving the intelligence services.
(2) It shall be the duty of the President of the Tribunal, in exercising any power
conferred on him by rules under section 69 to allocate the members of the
Tribunal who are to consider or hear any complaint, proceedings, reference or
preliminary or incidental matter, to exercise that power in a case in which the
complaint, proceedings or reference relates to, or to a matter involving—
(a) an allegation against any of the intelligence services or any member of
any of those services, or
(b) conduct by or on behalf of any of those services or any member of any
of those services,
in such manner as secures that the allocated members consist of, or include, one
or more of the members for the time being designated under sub-paragraph (1).
Salaries and expenses
4.—(1) The Secretary of State shall pay to the members of the Tribunal out of
money provided by Parliament such remuneration and allowances as he may
with the approval of the Treasury determine.
(2) Such expenses of the Tribunal as the Secretary of State may with the
approval of the Treasury determine shall be defrayed by him out of money
provided by Parliament.
Officers
5.—(1) The Secretary of State may, after consultation with the Tribunal and
with the approval of the Treasury as to numbers, provide the Tribunal with such
officers as he thinks necessary for the proper discharge of their functions.
(2) The Tribunal may authorise any officer provided under this paragraph to
obtain any documents or information on the Tribunal’s behalf.
Parliamentary disqualification
1975 c. 24.
1975 c. 25.
6. In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
and in Part II of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification
Act 1975 (bodies whose members are disqualified) there shall be inserted (at the
appropriate places) the following entry—
“The Tribunal established under section 65 of the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act 2000”.
Section 82.
SCHEDULE 4
Consequential amendments
The Post Office Act 1953 (c. 36)
1953 c. 36.
1. In section 58(1) of the Post Office Act 1953 (opening or delaying of postal
packets by officers of Post Office), after “the Interception of Communications
Act 1985” there shall be inserted “or under the authority of an interception
warrant under section 5 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000”.