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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part IV
(a) for the unexpired period of his term of office under that Act; and
(b) otherwise, on the terms of his appointment under that Act.
(10) Subsection (7) of section 41 shall apply for the purposes of this
section as it applies for the purposes of that section.
Co-operation with
and reports by s.
59 Commissioner.
60.—(1) It shall be the duty of—
(a) every member of an intelligence service,
(b) every official of the department of the Secretary of State, and
(c) every member of Her Majesty’s forces,
to disclose or provide to the Intelligence Services Commissioner all such
documents and information as he may require for the purpose of enabling
him to carry out his functions under section 59.
(2) As soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, the
Intelligence Services Commissioner shall make a report to the Prime
Minister with respect to the carrying out of that Commissioner’s
functions.
(3) The Intelligence Services Commissioner may also, at any time,
make any such other report to the Prime Minister on any matter relating
to the carrying out of the Commissioner’s functions as the Commissioner
thinks fit.
(4) The Prime Minister shall lay before each House of Parliament a
copy of every annual report made by the Intelligence Services
Commissioner under subsection (2), together with a statement as to
whether any matter has been excluded from that copy in pursuance of
subsection (5).
(5) If it appears to the Prime Minister, after consultation with the
Intelligence Services Commissioner, that the publication of any matter in
an annual report would be contrary to the public interest or prejudicial
to—
(a) national security,
(b) the prevention or detection of serious crime,
(c) the economic well-being of the United Kingdom, or
(d) the continued discharge of the functions of any public authority
whose activities include activities that are subject to review by
that Commissioner,
the Prime Minister may exclude that matter from the copy of the report
as laid before each House of Parliament.
(6) Subsection (7) of section 41 shall apply for the purposes of this
section as it applies for the purposes of that section.
Investigatory
Powers
Commissioner for
Northern Ireland.
61.—(1) The Prime Minister, after consultation with the First Minister
and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland, shall appoint a
Commissioner to be known as the Investigatory Powers Commissioner
for Northern Ireland.
(2) The Investigatory Powers Commissioner for Northern Ireland
shall keep under review the exercise and performance in Northern
Ireland, by the persons on whom they are conferred or imposed, of any