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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
RA Proof 20.7.2000
c. 23
71
Part IV
powers or duties under Part II which are conferred or imposed by virtue
of an order under section 30 made by the Office of the First Minister and
deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland.
(3) The Investigatory Powers Commissioner for Northern Ireland
shall give the Tribunal all such assistance (including his opinion as to any
issue falling to be determined by the Tribunal) as the Tribunal may
require—
(a) in connection with the investigation of any matter by the
Tribunal; or
(b) otherwise for the purposes of the Tribunal’s consideration or
determination of any matter.
(4) It shall be the duty of—
(a) every person by whom, or on whose application, there has been
given or granted any authorisation the function of giving or
granting which is subject to review by the Investigatory Powers
Commissioner for Northern Ireland,
(b) every person who has engaged in conduct with the authority of
such an authorisation,
(c) every person who holds or has held any office, rank or position
with the same public authority as a person falling within
paragraph (a), and
(d) every person who holds or has held any office, rank or position
with any public authority for whose benefit (within the meaning
of Part II) activities which are or may be subject to any such
review have been or may be carried out,
to disclose or provide to that Commissioner all such documents and
information as he may require for the purpose of enabling him to carry
out his functions.
(5) As soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, the
Investigatory Powers Commissioner for Northern Ireland shall make a
report to the First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland
with respect to the carrying out of that Commissioner’s functions.
(6) The First Minister and deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland
shall lay before the Northern Ireland Assembly a copy of every annual
report made by the Investigatory Powers Commissioner for Northern
Ireland under subsection (5), together with a statement as to whether any
matter has been excluded from that copy in pursuance of subsection (7).
(7) If it appears to the First Minister and deputy First Minister in
Northern Ireland, after consultation with the Investigatory Powers
Commissioner for Northern Ireland, that the publication of any matter
in an annual report would be contrary to the public interest or
prejudicial to—
(a) the prevention or detection of serious crime, or
(b) the continued discharge of the functions of any public authority
whose activities include activities that are subject to review by
that Commissioner,
they may exclude that matter from the copy of the report as laid before
the Northern Ireland Assembly.