Issue - meetings
RIPSA - Office of the Surveillance Commissioner's Inspection Report - Report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services
Meeting: 26/09/2017 - Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee (Item 11)
11 RIPSA - Office of the Surveillance Commissioner's Inspection Report - CG/17/112 
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Decision:
(i) to note the inspection report;
(ii) to instruct the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to ensure that this Committee received updates on the Council’s activities in accordance with paragraph 10.1 of the OSC Inspection Report; and
(iii) to note that guidance on test purchases has been amended and communicated to all staff involved with RIPSA activity.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a report by the Head of Legal and Democratic Services presented the recommendations arising from an inspection undertaken by the Office of the Surveillance Commissioners (OSC) of the Councils governance of covert activities and compliance with the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000) (RIPSA).
The report recommended:-
That the Committee -
(a) note the inspection report;
(b) instructs the Head of Legal and Democratic Services to ensure that this Committee receives updates on the Council’s activities in accordance with paragraph 10.1 of the OSC Inspection Report; and
(c) notes that guidance on test purchases has been amended and communicated to all staff involved with RIPSA activity.
The Committee resolved:-
to approve the recommendations contained in the report.