The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Directed Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) (Amendment) Order 2005
Article 2 of this Order amends Schedule 1 to the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“the Act”) by inserting new paragraphs 4A and 4B and omitting paragraph 25 of that Schedule. The effect of the addition is that the Port of Dover Police and the Port of Liverpool Police are now relevant public authorities for the purposes of section 28 and 29 of the Act, and thereby have the power to authorise directed surveillance and the use and conduct of covert human intelligence sources. The effect of omitting paragraph 25 is that a Health Authority established under section 8 of the National Health Service Act 1977 (c. 49) is no longer a relevant public authority for the purposes of section 28 of the Act, and thus no longer has the power to authorise directed surveillance.