Human Rights Joint Committee - Seventeenth Report
The Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011: Stop and Search without Reasonable Suspicion (second Report)

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Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Lords and the House of Commons to be printed 6 September 2011.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Summary

1  Introduction

Background

Concerns of the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation

The Government Response to our First Report

The UK's Action Plan

2  Is it necessary to use the urgent procedure?

Evidence of the "operational gap"

The Government response

Further information required for proper parliamentary scrutiny

3  Is the replacement power sufficiently tightly circumscribed?

Objective grounds for authorising officer's view of necessity

Rolling renewals

4  Are the safeguards adequate?

The Code of Practice guidance on the exercise of the power

Prior judicial authorisation

Ad hoc reports by the Independent Reviewer

Public notification of authorisations

Conclusions and recommendations

Formal Minutes

Declaration of Lords Interests

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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Prepared 13 September 2011