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Office of surveillance commissioners-RIPA inspection report

 

 

Meeting: 15/10/2013 - Cabinet (Item 11)

11 Regulation Of Investigatory Powers (RIPA)-Office of Surveillance Commissioner's Inspection Report pdf icon PDF 78 KB

Report of the Cabinet Member Corporate Services

Additional documents:

Decision:

RESOLVED THAT

  1. the recommendations within the OSC report following the inspection on the 26th July 2013 regarding the Councils arrangements for the use of RIPA (Appendix 2) be noted.
  2. the amendments to the Councils RIPA Guidelines Appendix 3 as per the recommendation from Audit Committee on the 25th September 2013 be agreed.

Minutes:

The Cabinet Member Corporate Services introduced the report and explained that the Assistant Commissioner from the Office of Surveillance Commissioners had conduced an inspection of the Council’s use and governance arrangements for conducting covert surveillance in July 2013. His report commended the progress the Council had made since the last inspection in April 2010 and particular reference was made to the hard work of the Corporate Governance Officer and the Executive Director for achieving this. The report had been submitted to Audit Committee on 25 September.

Members welcomed the positive news.

RESOLVED THAT

  1. the recommendations within the OSC report following the inspection on the 26th July 2013 regarding the Councils arrangements for the use of RIPA (Appendix 2) be noted.
  2. the amendments to the Councils RIPA Guidelines Appendix 3 as per the recommendation from Audit Committee on the 25th September 2013 be agreed.