Government announces new measures to strengthen the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA)

November 9, 2009 | No Comments

The Home Office is introducing changes to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) following a public consultation. The changes include measures to: raise the rank of authorising officer for RIPA techniques in local authorities to senior executive; give elected councillors a role in overseeing the way local authorities use covert investigatory techniques; require constituents’ communications with MPs on constituency business to be treated as confidential information and therefore subject to      authorisation by a higher rank of officer; and treat covert surveillance of legal consultations as “intrusive” rather than “directed” surveillance.

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