Website Links
Some of the links contained throughout the text of this website are grouped together here for ease of reference, along with a number of others that you may find useful:
Intelligence Services
Security Service (MI5)
Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ)
Security Intelligence Service
Law Enforcement
United Kingdom Police Forces
Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA)
HM Revenue & Customs
Scottish Drug Enforcement Agency
Association of Chief Police Officers
Legislation & Codes Of Practice
Legislation
The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA)
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal Rules 2000
The Human Rights Act 1998
The Intelligence Service Act
The Police Act 1997
Codes of practice
Code of Practice for the Interception of Communications
Code of Practice for Covert Surveillance
Code of Practice for the use of Covert Human Intelligence Sources
RIPA Codes of Practice
RIPA statutory instruments
SI 2003 No. 3172 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers(Communications Data) Order 2003
SI 2005 No. 1083 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communication Data)(Amendment) Order 2005
SI 2006 No. 1878 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Communication Data)(Additional Functions and Amendment) Order 2006
SI 2003 No. 3171 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Direct Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2003
SI 2005 No. 1084 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Direct Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2005
SI 2006 No. 1874 The Regulation of Investigatory Powers (Direct Surveillance and Covert Human Intelligence Sources) Order 2006
Alternative avenues for complaints
Information Commissioners Office
The Adjudicator’s Office
Independent Police Complaints Commission
Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland
The European Court of Human Rights
Other Oversight Bodies
Office of Surveillance Commissioners
Intelligenceand Security Committee
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