Lead Member – Mr Steve Charmley, Portfolio Holder for Business, ip&e, Culture and Commissioning (North).

Report of the Director of Commissioning is attached, marked 16.

Contact – George Candler (01743 255003)

(a)  That, with any necessary amendments, the proposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers Policy as detailed in Appendix A of the report be agreed, and it be recommended to the Council that the policy was adopted with effect from 1 October 2015.

(b)  That authority be delegated to the RIPA Co-ordinator (as defined within the proposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers Policy as set out at Appendix A) in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Regulatory Services, Housing and Commissioning (Central) to include additional officers and/or remove named officers, as necessary, from paragraphs 3 and 4 of Appendix 1 to the proposed Policy prior to the proposed Policy being considered by the Council for formal adoption.

48.1    The Portfolio Holder for Regulatory Services, Housing and Commissioning (Central) presented a report by the Director of Commissioning (Central) – copy attached to the signed minutes – on the review undertaken of the Council’s current Regulation of Investigatory Powers Policy previously adopted in August 2013.

48.2    RESOLVED:

(a)  That, with any necessary amendments, the proposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers Policy as detailed in Appendix A of the report be agreed, and it be recommended to the Council that the policy was adopted with effect from 1 October 2015.

(b)  That authority be delegated to the RIPA Co-ordinator (as defined within the proposed Regulation of Investigatory Powers Policy as set out at Appendix A) in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Regulatory Services, Housing and Commissioning (Central) to include additional officers and/or remove named officers, as necessary, from paragraphs 3 and 4 of Appendix 1 to the proposed Policy prior to the proposed Policy being considered by the Council for formal adoption.