Regulation 61 Joint investigation teams

(1)

For the purposes of this regulation—

“international joint investigation team” has the same meaning as in section 88(7) of the Police Act 1996^f1;
“UK competent authority” means any of the Secretary of State, the chief officer of police for a police area in England and Wales, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the National Crime Agency, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs and the Serious Fraud Office;
“UK member” means a member of an international joint investigation team from a UK competent authority or a member of a UK competent authority who has been seconded to an international joint investigation team.

(2)

Information lawfully obtained by a UK member which is not otherwise available to the UK competent authority participating in an international joint investigation team may be used for any of the following purposes—

(a)

for the purposes for which the team has been set up;

(b)

subject to the lawful prior consent of the member State where the information became available, for detecting, investigating and prosecuting other criminal offences;

(c)

for preventing an immediate and serious threat to public security and, subject to the consent condition in sub-paragraph (b), for any criminal investigation arising if subsequently opened;

(d)

for other purposes to the extent that this is agreed between the member States setting up the team.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1996 c. 16; section 88(7) was amended by S.I. 2012/1809.