Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the content of the report; and

(ii)      to approve the Corporate Protocol and Procedure on Covert Surveillance as attached at Appendix A to the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer – Governance which advised that it was a requirement under paragraph 3.29 of the Scottish Government’s Code of Practice for Covert Surveillance and Property interference, that elected members consider a statement on the Council’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 (RIPSA) policy and statistical information on relevant activity on an annual basis.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee -

(a)      note the content of the report; and

(b)      approve the Corporate Protocol and Procedure on Covert Surveillance as attached at Appendix A to the report.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.