Issue - meetings
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Stockport Council’s use of directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources (CHIS)
Meeting: 29/10/2013 - Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee (Item 7)
PDF 33 KBTo consider a report of the Council Solicitor
The Council’s Code of Practice for carrying out surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) specifies that quarterly reports will be taken to this Scrutiny Committee to demonstrate that the Council is complying with its own Code of Practice when using RIPA.
This report covers the second quarter of 2012/13 to bring the reports up-to-date.
The Scrutiny Committee is asked to note this report.
Officer contact: Simon Oldfield, Data Protection and Freedom of Information Officer on simon.oldfield@stockport.gov.uk or 0161 474 4048.
Minutes:
The Council Solicitor submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) reminding the Scrutiny Committee that the Council’s Code of Practice for carrying out surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) specified that quarterly reports would be taken to this Scrutiny Committee to demonstrate to elected members that the Council was complying with its own Code of Practice when using RIPA.
RESOLVED – That the report be noted