Regulation 10 Transitional provision – surveillance which is not completed before commencement dayI1

Regulation 9 (consequential amendment of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000) does not apply to relevant surveillance by a relevant foreign police or customs officer which began but which was not completed before commencement day (and see Article 63(1)(a) of the withdrawal agreement, Article 52(a) of the EEA EFTA separation agreement and sections 7A to 7C of the Withdrawal Act).

In this Regulation—

• “relevant foreign police or customs officer” means a police or customs officer who, in relation to a country or territory other than the United Kingdom, is an officer for the purposes of Article 40 of the 1990 Schengen Convention (police co-operation);

• “relevant surveillance” means surveillance which is carried out lawfully in the United Kingdom by virtue of section 76A of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (foreign surveillance operations).