its chief officer of police is a party to the agreement mentioned in subsection (1ZA); and

its members are permitted by the terms of the agreement to make applications for authorisations under section 28 F138, 29 or 29B to a person who is a designated person for the purposes of that section by reference to an office, rank or position with the authorising force.

on an application made by a member of the same force F9. . . ; and

in the case of an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance in relation to any residential premises, where those premises are in the area of operation of that force F9. . . .

on an application made by a member of the tri-service serious crime unit; and

in the case of an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance in relation to any residential premises, where those premises are in the area of operation of a police force mentioned in subsection (6)(d).

on an application made by a person designated under regulation 36(2) of the 2023 Regulations; and

in the case of an authorisation for the carrying out of any intrusive surveillance in relation to any residential premises, where those premises are in the area of operation of a police force mentioned in subsection (6)(d).

the chief officer of police of a police force (“the surveillance authorising force”) has made an agreement under section F10722A of the Police Act 1996 with the chief office of police of one or more other police forces; and

an application for an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance is made by a member of a collaborative force.

grant the authorisation;

its chief officer of police is a party to the agreement mentioned in subsection (3ZA); and

its members are permitted by the terms of the agreement to make applications for authorisations for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance to a person who is a senior authorising officer by reference to the surveillance authorising force.

an authorisation granted under this Part by, or on the application of, an individual who is a member of a police force, F158a person designated under regulation 36(2) of the 2023 Regulations,F14a F79National Crime Agency officerF54..., or who is F15an officer of Revenue and Customs F63, an immigration officerF91or the chair or an officer of the CMA; and

an authorisation given by, or on the application of, that individual under Part III of the M1Police Act 1997;

any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and Wales outside London);

the metropolitan police force; and

the City of London police force.

the area of operation of a police force maintained under section 2 of the M2Police Act 1996, of the metropolitan police force F56or, of the City of London police force F57... is the area for which that force is maintained;

the area of operation of the Police Service of Scotland is Scotland;

the area of operation of the Royal Ulster Constabulary is Northern Ireland;

residential premises are in the area of operation of the Ministry of Defence Police if they are premises where the members of that police force, under section 2 of the M3Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987, have the powers and privileges of a constable;

residential premises are in the area of operation of the F17Royal Navy Police the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police if they are premises owned or occupied by, or used for residential purposes by, a person subject to service discipline;

the area of operation of the British Transport Police F18. . . is the United Kingdom;

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

in the case of authorisations granted by virtue of subsection (2), by reference to an office, rank or position with the collaborative police force concerned, or

in the case of authorisations granted by virtue of subsection (3), by reference to the person's position as a National Crime Agency officer.

in the case of authorisations granted by virtue of subsection (5), is a senior authorising officer by reference to the collaborative police force concerned, or

in the case of authorisations granted by virtue of subsection (6), is the Director General of the National Crime Agency or a person designated for the purposes of section 32(6)(k) by that Director General.

the area of operation of a collaborative police force, and

specified in relation to members of that force in the collaboration agreement.

the application is one made by a member of a police F146force (other than a member of the tri-service serious crime unit), a member of the tri-service serious crime unit,F159a person designated under regulation 36(2) of the 2023 Regulations,F21a F80National Crime Agency officer or by F22F92an officer of the CMA orF23an officer of Revenue and Customs F64or an immigration officer; and

the case is urgent.

it is not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application to be considered by any person who is a senior authorising officer by reference to the force F24or Agency in question or, as the case may be, F93as F147Provost Marshal for serious crime orF160the Service Police Complaints Commissioner or the chair of the CMA or by virtue of a designation by F25the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs F65or the Secretary of State, and

it also not reasonably practicable, having regard to the urgency of the case, for the application to be considered by a person (if there is one) who is entitled, as a designated deputy of a senior authorising officer, to exercise the functions in relation to that application of such an officer,

a person is entitled to act for the chief constable of a police force maintained under section 2 of the M4Police Act 1996 if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in that force;

a person is entitled to act for the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, or for an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, if he holds the rank of commander in the metropolitan police force;

a person is entitled to act for the Commissioner of Police for the City of London if he holds the rank of commander in the City of London police force;

a person is entitled to act for the chief constable of F59the Police Service of Scotland if he holds the rank of deputy or assistant chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;

a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, or for the Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, if he holds the rank of assistant chief constable in the Royal Ulster Constabulary;

a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police if he holds the rank of deputy or assistant chief constable in that force;

a person is entitled to act for the Provost Marshal of the F26Royal Navy Police if he holds the position of assistant Provost Marshal in F27that force;

a person is entitled to act for the Provost Marshal of the Royal Military Police or the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police if he holds the position of deputy Provost Marshal in the police force in question;

a person is entitled to act for the Provost Marshal for serious crime if the person holds the position of deputy Provost Marshal in the tri-service serious crime unit;

a person is entitled to act for the Service Police Complaints Commissioner if the person is designated by the Commissioner for the purposes of this paragraph as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case;

a person is entitled to act for the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police if he holds the rank of deputy or assistant chief constable in that force;

a person is entitled to act for the F81Director General of the National Crime Agency if he is a person designated for the purposes of this paragraph by that Director General as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case;

a person is entitled to act for a person who is a senior authorising officer by virtue of a designation by F29the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs, if he is F30a senior official designated for the purposes of this paragraph by those Commissioners as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case.

a person is entitled to act for a person who is a senior authorising officer by virtue of a designation under section 32(6)(ma), if the person is a senior official in the department of the Secretary of State by whom functions relating to immigration are exercisable who is designated for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case;

a person is entitled to act for the F94chair of the CMA if he is an officer of the CMA designated by it for the purposes of this paragraph as a person entitled so to act in an urgent case.

in relation to the Commissioner of Police for the City of London, means a person authorised to act under section 25 of the M5City of London Police Act 1839;

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must be given in writing as soon as reasonably practicable after the grant or, as the case may be, cancellation of the authorisation to which it relates;

must be given in accordance with any such arrangements made for the purposes of this paragraph by the F113Investigatory Powers Commissioner as are for the time being in force; and

must specify such matters as the Secretary of State may by order prescribe.

state that the approval of a F114Judicial Commissioner is required by section 36 before the grant of the authorisation will take effect; or

state that the case is one of urgency and set out the grounds on which the case is believed to be one of urgency.

scrutinise the authorisation; and

in a case where notice has been given in accordance with subsection (3)(a), decide whether or not to approve the authorisation.

the order’s ceasing to have effect shall be without prejudice to anything previously done or to the making of a new order; and

in reckoning the period of forty days no account shall be taken of any period during which Parliament is dissolved or prorogued or during which both Houses are adjourned for more than four days.

a person who is a senior authorising officer by reference to a police force F39or the F84National Crime Agency;

the Provost Marshal for serious crime;

the Service Police Complaints Commissioner;

a person who is a senior authorising officer by virtue of a designation F69under section 32(6)(m) or (ma); F40...

the chair of the CMA; or

a person who for the purposes of section 34 is entitled to act for a person falling within paragraph (a) F152or for a person falling within paragraph (aa) or for a person falling within paragraph (b) F41or for a person falling within paragraph (ba).

a member of a police force;

a member of the tri-service serious crime unit;

a person who has been designated under regulation 36(2) of the 2023 Regulations;

a National Crime Agency officer;

an officer of Revenue and Customs F73...;

an immigration officer; or

F98an officer of the CMA.

the grant of the authorisation has been approved by F117a Judicial Commissioner ; and

written notice of the Commissioner’s decision to approve the grant of the authorisation has been given, in accordance with subsection (4), to the person who granted the authorisation.

believes that the case is one of urgency, and

gives notice in accordance with section 35(3)(b),

a F118Judicial Commissioner shall give his approval under this section to the authorisation if, and only if, he is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for believing that the requirements of section 32(2)(a) and (b) are satisfied in the case of the authorisation; and

a F118Judicial Commissioner who makes a decision as to whether or not the authorisation should be approved shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after making that decision, give written notice of his decision to the person who granted the authorisation.

where the authorisation was granted by the senior authorising officer with any police force who is not someone’s deputy, that senior authorising officer;

where the authorisation was granted by the Provost Marshal for serious crime or a person entitled to act for the Provost Marshal for serious crime by virtue of section 34(4)(ha), that Provost Marshal;

where the authorisation was granted by the Service Police Complaints Commissioner or by a person entitled to act for the Commissioner by virtue of section 34(4)(hb), the Commissioner;

where the authorisation was granted by the F86Director General of the National Crime Agency, that Director General;

where the authorisation was granted by a senior authorising officer with a police force who is someone’s deputy, the senior authorising officer whose deputy granted the authorisation;

where the authorisation was granted by a person designated for the purposes of section 32(6)(k), or by a person entitled to act for the F87Director General of the National Crime Agency by virtue of section 34(4)(j), that Director General;

where the authorisation was granted by a person entitled to act for a senior authorising officer under section 34(4) F155(a) to (h) or (i), the senior authorising officer in the force in question who is not someone’s deputy; F44and

where the authorisation was granted by an officer of Revenue and Customs, the officer of Revenue and Customs for the time being designated for the purposes of this paragraph by a written notice given to the F116Investigatory Powers Commissioner by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue F71... Customs;

where the authorisation was granted by a senior official designated under section 32(6)(ma) or entitled to act for such an official under section 34(4)(la), the senior official designated under section 32(6)(ma); and

where the authorisation was granted by the F99chair of the CMA or a person entitled to act for F100the chair of the CMA by virtue of section 34(4)(m), F101that chair.

in relation to the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, to an Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and

in relation to the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, to the Deputy Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;

a member of a police force;

a person designated under regulation 36(2) of the 2023 Regulations;

a National Crime Agency officer;

an officer of Revenue and Customs F74... ;

an immigration officer; or

an officer of the CMA.

an authorisation has ceased to have effect (otherwise than by virtue of subsection (2) or (4)), and

F123a Judicial Commissioner is satisfied that there was a time while the authorisation was in force when there were no reasonable grounds for believing that the requirements of section 32(2)(a) and (b) continued to be satisfied in relation to the authorisation,

to the most senior relevant person (within the meaning of section 36); and

to the F121Investigatory Powers Commissioner (if he is not that Commissioner) .

F124any period for appealing against the decision to make the order has expired; and

any appeal brought within that period has been dismissed by the F122Investigatory Powers Commissioner .

any refusal of F126a Judicial Commissioner (other than the Investigatory Powers Commissioner) to approve an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance;

any decision of such a Commissioner to quash or cancel such an authorisation;

any decision of such a Commissioner to make an order under section 37 for the destruction of records.

he is satisfied that there were reasonable grounds for believing that the requirements of section 32(2)(a) and (b) were satisfied in relation to the authorisation at the time in question; and

he is not satisfied that the authorisation is one of which notice was given in accordance with section 35(3)(b) without there being any reasonable grounds for believing that the case was one of urgency.

is satisfied that grounds exist which justify the quashing or cancellation under section 37 of the authorisation in question, but

considers that the authorisation should have been quashed or cancelled from a different time from that from which it was quashed or cancelled by the F127Judicial Commissioner against whose decision the appeal is brought,

the person by whom the appeal was brought; and

the F132Judicial Commissioner whose decision was appealed against.

to the persons mentioned in subsection (1); and

to the Prime Minister.