The Communications Data Acquisition Regulations 2019

Amendment of section 80 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016

4.—(1) Section 80 of the 2016 Act (police collaboration agreements)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)under the terms of the agreement—

(i)a designated senior officer of force 1 is permitted to grant authorisations under section 61 or 61A to officers of the collaborating police force,

(ii)officers of force 1 are permitted to be granted authorisations under section 61 or 61A by a designated senior officer of the collaborating police force, or

(iii)officers of force 1 act as single points of contact for officers of the collaborating police force.”.

(3) For subsection (2) substitute—

“(2) The persons by whom, or to whom, authorisations may be granted (or who may act as single points of contact) under a police collaboration agreement are additional to those persons by whom, or to whom, authorisations would otherwise be granted under this Part (or who could otherwise act as single points of contact).”.

(4) After subsection (2) insert—

“(3) In a case falling within subsection (1)(b)(i)—

(a)section 61 has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the authority were a reference to an officer of the collaborating police force, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of force 1,

(b)section 61A has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the relevant public authority were a reference to an officer of the collaborating police force, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of force 1, and

(c)this Part has effect as if the designated senior officer of force 1 had the power to grant an authorisation under section 61 or 61A to officers of the collaborating police force, and had other functions in relation to the authorisation, which were the same as (and subject to no greater or lesser restrictions than) the power and other functions which the designated senior officer of the collaborating police force who would otherwise have dealt with the authorisation would have had.

(4) In a case falling within subsection (1)(b)(ii)—

(a)section 61 has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the authority were a reference to an officer of force 1, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of the collaborating police force, and

(b)section 61A has effect as if—

(i)in subsection (2) the reference to an officer of the relevant public authority were a reference to an officer of force 1, and

(ii)in subsection (6)(b)(ii) the reference to an officer of the same relevant public authority as an authorised officer included a reference to an officer of the collaborating police force.”.

(5) In subsection (5), for “Where officers of force 1 act as single points of contact for officers of the collaborating police force,” substitute “In a case falling within subsection (1)(b)(iii),”.