COVERT HUMAN INTELLIGENCE SOURCES
CHAPTER 6: OVERSIGHT BY COMMISSIONERS
6.1 The 1997, RIP(S) and 2000 Acts require the Chief Surveillance Commissioner to keep under review (with the assistance of the Surveillance Commissioners and Assistant Surveillance Commissioners) the performance of functions under Part III of the 1997 Act and the RIP(S) Act by the police and the SDEA, and under the RIP(S) Act the other public authorities listed in section 8(3).
6.2 This code does not cover the exercise of any of the Commissioners' functions. It is the duty of any person who uses these powers to comply with any request made by a Commissioner to disclose or provide any information the Commissioner requires for the purpose of enabling him to carry out his functions.
6.3 References in this code to the performance of review functions by the Chief Surveillance Commissioner and other Commissioners apply also to Inspectors and other members of staff to whom such functions have been delegated.