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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Stockport Council's use of directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources (CHIS)

Meeting: 09/07/2019 - Corporate, Resource Management & Governance Scrutiny Committee (Item 9)

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9 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000: Stockport Council's use of directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources (CHIS) PDF 59 KB

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

The Council’s Code of Practice for carrying out of surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) specifies that quarterly reports will be taken to the 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 the 2nd, 3rd & 4th quarters of the 2018-2019 financial year, along with the 1st quarter of financial year 2019-2020.

The Scrutiny Committee is invited to note the RIPA monitoring report.

Officer contact: Rosalind Thorpe, 0161 474 3080, rosalind.thorpe@stockport.gov.uk

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Minutes:

A representative of the Deputy Chief Executive submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) providing a summary of surveillance carried out under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) during the 2nd, 3rd and 4th quarters of 2018-2019 and the 1st quarter of 2019-2020, as required by the Council’s Code of Practice. There had been no uses of surveillance during this period.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.