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Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

2012 CHAPTER 9

ANNEX A: GLOSSARY

1956 ActSexual Offences Act 1956
1984 ActData Protection Act 1984
1994 ActPublic Order Act 1994
1997 ActPolice Act 1997
2000 ActTerrorism Act 2000
2001 ActPrivate Security Industry Act 2001
2003 ActCriminal Justice Act 2003
2004 ActAsylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004
2008 ActCounter-Terrorism Act 2008
2009 ActPolicing and Crime Act 2009
2010 ActCrime and Security Act 2010
ANPRAutomatic Number Plate Recognition
CCTVClosed Circuit Television
CHISCovert Human Intelligence Source
CRBCriminal Records Bureau
DBSDisclosure and Barring Service
DPAData Protection Act 1998
DVLADriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
ECHREuropean Convention on Human Rights
ECtHREuropean Court of Human Rights
FOIAFreedom of Information Act 2000
ICCInternational Criminal Court
ICOInformation Commissioner’s Office
ISAIndependent Safeguarding Authority
PACEPolice and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
PNCPolice National Computer
RIPARegulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
SIASecurity Industry Authority
SRSA 2007Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007
SVGASafeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006
SVGOSafeguarding Vulnerable Groups (Northern Ireland) Order 2007
TPIMTerrorism Prevention and Investigation Measure

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