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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Stockport Council's use of directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources (CHIS) Quarter 4 2016/17
Meeting: 04/07/2017 - Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee (Item 16)
PDF 63 KBTo consider a report of the Head of Legal & Democratic Governance.
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 to elected members that the Council is complying with its own Code of Practice when using RIPA. This report provides an update in relation to fourth quarter of the 2016-2017 financial year.
Recommendation
That the Scrutiny Committee considers and notes the RIPA monitoring report
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Minutes:
The Head of Legal & Democratic Governance submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing an update in relation to fourth quarter of the 2016-2017 financial year.
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 to elected members that the Council is complying with its own Code of Practice when using RIPA.
The Democratic Services Manager reported that there had been no authorisations during the fourth quarter to use directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources.
RESOLVED – That the report be noted.