# The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2010, Article 7A

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) An individual holding an office, rank or position with any county council or district council in England, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, or any county council or county borough council in Wales may not grant an authorisation under section 28 unless the conditions in paragraphs (2) and (3) are met.
(2) The first condition is that the authorisation under section 28 is for the purpose of preventing or detecting conduct which—
(a) constitutes one or more criminal offences, or
(b) is, or corresponds to, any conduct which, if it all took place in England and Wales, would constitute one or more criminal offences.
(3) The second condition is that the criminal offence or one of the criminal offences referred to in the first condition is or would be—
(a) an offence which is punishable, whether on summary conviction or on indictment, by a maximum term of at least 6 months of imprisonment, or
(b) an offence under—
(i) section 146 of the Licensing Act 2003 (sale of alcohol to children);
(ii) section 147 of the Licensing Act 2003 (allowing the sale of alcohol to children);
(iii) section 147A of the Licensing Act 2003 (persistently selling alcohol to children);
(iv) section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (sale of tobacco, etc, to persons under eighteen) ;
(v) section 91 of the Children and Families Act 2014 (purchase of tobacco ... etc. on behalf of persons under 18);
(vi) section 10 of the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (sale of vaping or nicotine products to under 18s);
(vii) section 11 of the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 (purchase of vaping or nicotine products on behalf of under 18s).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/521/article/7A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulation-of-investigatory-powers-directed-surveillance-and-covert-human-intelligence-sources-order-2010/article-7A
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