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The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Foreign Surveillance Operations) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/1128 · Made 13 April 2004

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POLICE

Made 13th April 2004

Laid before Parliament 16th April 2004

Coming into force 7th May 2004

In exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 76A(8) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000f1, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 23: section 76A was inserted by section 83 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32).

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Foreign Surveillance Operations) Order 2004 and shall come into force on 7th May 2004.

2

The Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Servicef1 is hereby designated for the purposes of section 76A(8) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.

Signature

Caroline Flint

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

13th April 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service for the purposes of section 76A(8) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“the Act”) . Under section 76A of the Act foreign police or customs officers may, under certain conditions, lawfully carry out surveillance in the United Kingdom. This Order enables the Director General to notify foreign police or customs officers carrying out surveillance in the United Kingdom that the surveillance will cease being lawful upon the giving of the notification.