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| | Further Manuscript amendments tabled to the Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
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| | Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Bill
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| To move the following Clause— |
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| | | “Review of investigatory powers and their regulation |
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| | | (1) | The Secretary of State must appoint the independent reviewer of terrorism |
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| | | legislation to review the operation and regulation of investigatory powers. |
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| | | (2) | The independent reviewer must, in particular, consider— |
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| | | (a) | current and future threats to the United Kingdom, |
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| | | (b) | the capabilities needed to combat those threats, |
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| | | (c) | safeguards to protect privacy, |
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| | | (d) | the challenges of changing technologies, |
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| | | (e) | issues relating to transparency and oversight, |
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| | | (f) | the effectiveness of existing legislation (including its proportionality) |
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| | | and the case for new or amending legislation. |
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| | | (3) | The independent reviewer must, so far as reasonably practicable, complete the |
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| | | review before 1 May 2015. |
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| | | (4) | The independent reviewer must send to the Prime Minister a report on the |
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| | | outcome of the review as soon as reasonably practicable after completing the |
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| | | (5) | On receiving a report under subsection (4), the Prime Minister must lay a copy of |
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| | | it before Parliament together with a statement as to whether any matter has been |
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| | | excluded from that copy under subsection (6). |
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| | | (6) | If it appears to the Prime Minister that the publication of any matter in a report |
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| | | under subsection (4) would be contrary to the public interest or prejudicial to |
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| | | national security, the Prime Minister may exclude the matter from the copy of the |
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| | | report laid before Parliament. |
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| | | (7) | The Secretary of State may pay to the independent reviewer— |
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| | | (a) | expenses incurred in carrying out the functions of the independent |
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| | | reviewer under this section, and |
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| | | (b) | such allowances as the Secretary of State determines. |
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| | | (8) | In this section “the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation” means the |
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| | | person appointed under section 36(1) of the Terrorism Act 2006 (and |
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| | | “independent reviewer” is to be read accordingly).” |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This clause sets up a review of the operation and regulation of investigatory powers, to be carried |
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| | | out by the independent reviewer of terrorism. |
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| | | Clause 6, page 7, line 1, after “5” insert “and (Review of investigatory powers and |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This amendment is consequential on NC7 |
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| | | Title, line 7, after “Act;” insert “to make provision about a review of the operation and |
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| | regulation of investigatory powers;” |
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| | | Member’s explanatory statement
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| | | This amendment is consequential on NC7 |
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