Issue - meetings
RIPSA Annual Report
Meeting: 12/02/2020 - Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee (Item 15)
15 RIPSA Annual Report - GOV/20/042 PDF 172 KB
Additional documents:
Decision:
(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.
Minutes:
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.