Issue - meetings

To report on the Council’s activities relating to surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) for 2023.

The Committee received a report on the Council’s activities relating to surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) for 2023.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Use of Powers. A Member of the Committee asked how people can request the use of RIPA powers and who decides which covert surveillance operations will be implemented. The Monitoring Officer responded to explain that the process is set out in paragraph 2.3 and 2.4 of the report.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Note the annual report of the Council’s use of its RIPA powers in 2023.