Oversight
There is an independent oversight by the Chief
Surveillance Commissioner who must be a senior judicial
figure and whose function is to:-
- Keep under review the exercise and performance, by
the persons on whom they are conferred or imposed, of
the powers and duties conferred or imposed by RIP(S)A;
and
- Provide public reassurance about the authorisation
of covert surveillance.
The Chief Surveillance Commissioner is required to make
a report each year to the Scottish Ministers. The Chief
Surveillance Commissioner is supported by ordinary
Surveillance Commissioners.
Click here to view more detail on on the work carried
out by the
Surveillance
Commissioner.