Issue - meetings
Use of Surveillance Powers - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and The Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Meeting: 30/01/2024 - Cabinet (Item 15)
To consider a report of the Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources.
The report sets out The Council’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) Policy which must be considered by elected members annually to set the Policy and to ensure that if the Council is using its RIPA powers, it is doing so appropriately and complying with its own Code of Practice when carrying out covert surveillance.
The Cabinet is recommended to:-
(1) note that the Council has not exercised its RIPA powers since the last report; and
(2) approve the RIPA Policy/ Code of Practice for the forthcoming year.
Officer contact: Michelle Dodds on 0161 474 3257 or email michelle.dodds@stockport.gov.uk
Additional documents:
- Surveillance report, item 15
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- Enc. 1 for Use of Surveillance Powers - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and The Investigatory Powers Act 2016, item 15
PDF 590 KB
- Webcast for Use of Surveillance Powers - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Non-Key)
Minutes:
The Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources (Councillor Jilly Julian) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the Council’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) Policy which must be considered by elected members annually to set the Policy and to ensure that if the Council is using its RIPA powers, it is doing so appropriately and complying with its own Code of Practice when carrying out covert surveillance.
RESOLVED - (1) That it be noted that the Council has not exercised its RIPA powers since the last report.
(2) That approval be given to the RIPA Policy/ Code of Practice for the forthcoming year.
Meeting: 16/01/2024 - Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee (Item 8)
To consider a report of the Corporate Director (Corporate and Support Services) and the Deputy Chief Executive.
The report sets out The Council’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) Policy which must be considered by elected members annually to set the Policy and to ensure that if the Council is using its RIPA powers, it is doing so appropriately and complying with its own Code of Practice when carrying out covert surveillance.
The Scrutiny Committee is recommended to:-
(1) note that the Council has not exercised its RIPA powers since the last report; and
(2) approve the RIPA Policy/ Code of Practice for the forthcoming year.
Officer contact: Michelle Dodds on 0161 474 3257 or email michelle.dodds@stockport.gov.uk
Additional documents:
- Enc. 1 for Use of Surveillance Powers - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and The Investigatory Powers Act 2016, item 8
PDF 590 KB
- Webcast for Use of Surveillance Powers - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and The Investigatory Powers Act 2016
Minutes:
The Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out The Council’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) Policy which must be considered by elected members annually to set the Policy and to ensure that if the Council was using its RIPA powers, it was doing so appropriately and complying with its own Code of Practice when carrying out covert surveillance.
The Cabinet Member for Finance & Resources (Councillor Jilly Julian) attended the meeting to respond to councillors’ questions.
The following comments were made/ issues raised:-
· Members queried the RIPA ‘Serious Crime Test’ and asked whether the council required authorisation to carry out direct surveillance.
· In response it was stated that, in such circumstances, council officers would seek authorisation from a Magistrate.
RESOLVED – That the Council has not exercised its RIPA powers since the last report be noted.