Section 29C | [ Criminal Conduct Authorisations: Safeguards For Juveniles] | Regulation Of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 C23

[29C Criminal conduct authorisations: safeguards for juveniles]

Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (2000 c 23) | Legislation

[29C Criminal conduct authorisations: safeguards for juveniles]

[(1) This section applies in relation to the grant of a juvenile criminal conduct authorisation.

(2) “A juvenile criminal conduct authorisation” is an authorisation under section 29B for criminal conduct in the course of, or otherwise in connection with, the conduct of a covert human intelligence source where that source is under the age of 18 (“the juvenile source”).

(3) In addition to satisfying the requirements of section 29B, a person may grant a juvenile criminal conduct authorisation only if—

(a) the person has considered the results of an appropriate risk assessment;

(b) there are exceptional circumstances such that—

(i) it is not reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances as the person believes them to be that any harm to the juvenile source would result from the grant of the authorisation, and

(ii) the person believes the authorisation would be compatible with