Moved by
Baroness Chakrabarti
132B: After Clause 54, insert the following new Clause—
“Commissioning of police weapons, surveillance equipment or investigatory technology
(1) Save as provided for by regulations under this section or as specifically authorised under other legislation, no constable, police force, police and crime commissioner or other policing body may commission the development or deployment of weapons, surveillance equipment or investigatory technology.
(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations—
(a) authorise a relevant policing body to commission the development or deployment of weapons, surveillance equipment or investigatory technology specified in the regulations;
(b) specify technologies or providers that may or may not be commissioned by any relevant policing body;
(c) prescribe conditions that must be met by any technologies or providers if they are to be commissioned by any relevant policing body;
(d) authorise a person, or panel of persons, to monitor such commissioning as is authorised and compliance with such conditions as are prescribed.
(3) Regulations under this section must be made by statutory instrument.
(4) Regulations under this section—
(a) may make different provision for different purposes or areas;
(b) may make financial, consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(5) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.”