Agenda item

To consider the report of the Legal and Democratic Services Manager.

Consideration was given to the report of the Legal and Democratic Services Manager as contained on pages 475–503 of the Book of Reports, the purpose of which was to report on the Council's use of its powers under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) and to present an updated RIPA policy document for approval.

The Chairman invited Tom Dickinson, Principal Solicitor, to present the report to the Committee.

Comments and questions were raised in respect of the following:

·         Changes to policy are due to restructure and relate to personnel changes only, no change have been made to the actual policy.

·         Process in place if we need to use the Act and the reporting of any use back to the Committee.

RESOLVED: That the Council's RIPA activity and the updated RIPA Policy at appendix 1, be noted.