Commentary on provisions of Act Section 2: Criminal conduct authorisations: safeguards for juveniles
Section 2(1) inserts section 29C which provides enhanced safeguards for the authorisation of juvenile sources. Subsection (2) provides a definition of a "juvenile criminal conduct authorisation".
	Subsection (3) sets out the additional requirements for granting a juvenile criminal conduct authorisation. These requirements limit the granting of an authorisation to where the risks of harm to the juvenile as a result of the authorisation have been considered, where there are exceptional circumstances and where an appropriate adult is in attendance at relevant meetings between a juvenile source and a public authority, as required.
	Subsections (4) and (5) provide definitions of an "appropriate risk assessment" and "harm".
	Subsection (6) requires an appropriate adult to attend all meetings between a person from a public authority and a juvenile source under the age of 16 that relate to the criminal conduct authorisation. An appropriate adult must also attend all meetings in relation to the authorisation where the juvenile source is between 16 or 17 years old, unless there is a justification for them not to be present. That justification must be recorded.
	Subsection (7) provides definitions of an "appropriate adult", "relevant investigating authority" and "relevant person".
	Subsections (3) to (8) amend the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Juveniles) Order to provide further safeguards for the authorisation of juvenile criminal conduct authorisations. This will ensure that the existing safeguards that are in place when granting a use and conduct authorisation for a juvenile source, also apply when the juvenile source is being tasked to participate in criminal conduct.
	Subsection (9) provides that the amendments to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Juveniles) Order are made using the order making powers in the Act or section 43(8) of RIPA and can be amended or revoked using the same order making powers.