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Version date: 27 September 2023 - onwards
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35. Surveillance

The Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 is amended -

(a) in section 1 -

(i) in the definition of "superior officer" -

(I) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of "colonel;" for "colonel; and",

(II) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of "principal officer; and" for "principal officer;", and

(III) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

"(d) in the case of the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, an authorised officer not below the rank of principal officer;",

(ii) in the definition of "relevant Minister", by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (a):

"(aa) the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, in relation to approvals granted by a superior officer of, and documents and information in the custody of, the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission,",

and

(iii) by the insertion of the following definitions:

"'authorised officer' has the meaning it has in the Competition and Consumer Protection Act 2014;

'relevant competition offence' means an offence under section 6 of the Competition Act 2002 involving an agreement, decision or concerted practice to which subsection (2) of that section applies;",