137(1)Section 33 (rules for grant of authorisation) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)omit “, the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National Crime Squad”, and
(b)omit “, Service or Squad”.
(3)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)A person who is a designated person for the purposes of section 28 or 29 by reference to his office or position with the Serious Organised Crime Agency shall not grant an authorisation under that section except on an application made by a member of the staff of the Agency.”
(4)In subsection (3)—
(a)omit “, the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National Crime Squad”, and
(b)omit (in both places) “, Service or Squad”.
(5)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)The Director General of the Serious Organised Crime Agency or a person designated for the purposes of section 32(6)(k) by that Director General shall not grant an authorisation for the carrying out of intrusive surveillance except on an application made by a member of the staff of the Agency.”
(6)In subsection (5)(a) for “the National Criminal Intelligence Service or the National Crime Squad,” substitute “a member of the staff of the Serious Organised Crime Agency,”.
(7)In subsection (6)—
(a)in paragraph (e) omit “and also of the National Criminal Intelligence Service”, and
(b)omit paragraph (f).