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May 23, 2004
21 Supplemental provisions for s. 20
(1) In section 20 and this section.
"chief officer of police2 means.
(a) the chief officer of police of a police force maintained for a police
area in England and Wales;
(b) the chief constable of a police force maintained under the Police
(Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77);
(c) the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(d) the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;
(e) the Chief Constable of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary;
(f) the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police;
"crime" means any crime within the meaning of the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (see section 81(2) of that Act)
other than crime in or as regards Scotland in relation to a matter within
the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament;
"detection", in relation to crime or serious crime, is to be construed in
accordance with subsection (2);
"GCHQ" has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994
(c. 13);
"serious crime" means crime that is serious crime within the meaning of
the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (see section 81(2) and
(3) of that Act);
"social security benefits in Northern Ireland" means benefits payable
under enactments relating to social security in Northern Ireland or
under the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/2705
(N.I. 15)).
(2) Section 81(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23) (which
defines detection) applies for the purposes of section 20 as it applies for the
purposes of the provisions of that Act that are not in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of that
Act.
(3) Section 18 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24) (restriction
on disclosure of information for overseas purposes) shall have effect in relation
to a disclosure by virtue of section 20(7) as it applies in relation to a disclosure
in exercise of a power to which section 17 of that Act applies.
(4) The power to make consequential provision in connection with a modification
of Schedule 1 by an order under section 3(4) includes power to make
consequential modifications of any reference in section 20 to paragraph 9 of
that Schedule.
Posted by wtwu at May 23, 2004 11:14 PM
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Where are the civil liberties safeguards in Section 21 to prevent foreign governments from demanding access to data on the National Identity Register without the registered person's permission ?
"Section 18 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24) (restriction on disclosure of information for overseas purposes)" does not apply to such things as the controversial USA airline passnger profiling plans, or to the Sirene and the Schengen Information System II
Posted by: wtwu at May 24, 2004 05:51 AM