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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a Scottish Statutory Instrument: The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Modification of Authorisation Provisions: Legal Consultations) (Scotland) Order 2015 No. 32
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 27(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Scotland) Act 2000 confers on the Scottish Ministers the power to provide that any description of directed surveillance be treated as intrusive surveillance.
This Order exercises that power in relation to surveillance which is carried out on premises at a time when any part of those premises are used for a legal consultation.
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