Decision details
Use of Powers under the Regulations of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA)
Decision Maker: Cabinet
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
Decisions:
The Director of Law, HR and Asset Management, presented a report reviewing the Council’s policy and procedures on the use of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“RIPA”) governing the way in which public bodies use surveillance methods for the purpose of preventing or detecting crime or preventing disorder.
The Council had to account to the Office of Surveillance Commissioners (“OSC”) on an annual basis on its use of RIPA, and it had been the subject of two inspections by the OSC in July 2003 and July 2007. The Council’s use of RIPA was also the subject of a recent review by the Internal Audit Section. One of the recommendations of that review was that the Council’s Policy and Procedures on the use of RIPA be updated. The Policy was most recently reviewed in 2004.
This report and appendices had been considered by the Council’s Standards and Audit and Risk Management Committees and had been revised to reflect discussions at those meetings.
This matter was considered by the Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee (minute 52 – 2/4/09) when it was resolved:-
“That Cabinet be requested to consider the findings of the Internal Audit report following on from the findings of the OSC report and their recommendations and findings be pursued and implemented as a matter of urgency.”
Resolved –
(1) That Cabinet endorse the Policy and Procedure on the use of RIPA, appended to this report.
(2) That the decision of the Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee be noted.
Publication date: 17/04/2009
Date of decision: 09/04/2009
Decided at meeting: 09/04/2009 - Cabinet
Effective from: 23/04/2009
Accompanying Documents:
- RIPA Report final (3) PDF 70 KB
- RIPA APP1, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 41 KB
- RIPA App2, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 529 KB
- RIPA Internal Audit 2a PDF 164 KB
- RIPA PolicyandProcedure final App(3) PDF 163 KB
- RIPA App final (4) PDF 39 KB
- RIPADS1 5, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 184 KB
- RIPA ADS2 6, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 143 KB
- RIPA ADS3 7, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 127 KB
- RIPAchis1 8, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 191 KB
- RIPAchis2 9, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 138 KB
- RIPAchis3 10, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 130 KB
- RIPAchis4 11, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 151 KB
- RIPA App12, 31/03/2009 Audit and Risk Management Committee PDF 155 KB