@fascinatorfun @mikarv It looks like the SI for the 2nd six-month extension of the retention of #DNA & #biometrics powers for National Security Determinations, under s24 of the #CoronavirusAct2020.
The statutory guidance for NSDs is here:
gov.uk/government/pub…
If they are using NSDs (which must...
The statutory guidance for NSDs is here:
gov.uk/government/pub…
If they are using NSDs (which must...
@fascinatorfun @mikarv ...be in writing, and signed by a senior police officer in each individual case) for any purpose OTHER than those laid out in the relevant counter-terrorism laws, then they're truly fucked.
Maybe ask the Biometrics Commissioner how many NSDs have been made under COVID?
Maybe ask the Biometrics Commissioner how many NSDs have been made under COVID?
@fascinatorfun @mikarv Extending 'em a further six months is worrying for reasons other than just the extraordinary powers themselves, though: it's an admission from Government that police forces' capacities are as limited as they were at the peak of the first wave, for matters of #NationalSecurity...
@fascinatorfun @mikarv ...either that, or this 'rollover' extension is unwarranted at this time.
Maybe ask @ukhomeoffice its reasons for requiring the 2nd extension, and when (or if) it expects the UK to recover 'business as usual' capacity on key policing functions?
Maybe ask @ukhomeoffice its reasons for requiring the 2nd extension, and when (or if) it expects the UK to recover 'business as usual' capacity on key policing functions?
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