1 May 2007
The Prime Minister has approved the re-appointment of His Honour Lord Colville of Culross QC as an Assistant Surveillance Commissioner under the terms of Section 63 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000. This re-appointment is from 1 May 2007 until 30 April 2010.
Biographical Note
His Honour Lord Colville of Culross QC (73) was educated at Rugby and New College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar (Lincoln’s Inn) in 1960. He served as a Minister of State at the Home Office from 1972 to 1974. He took Silk in 1978 and was appointed as a Recorder in 1990. He served as a Circuit Judge from 1993 until 1999. He has been an Assistant Surveillance Commissioner since 2001.
Notes for editors
Section 63 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 provides for the Prime Minister to appoint Assistant Surveillance Commissioners. An Assistant Surveillance Commissioner must be a person who holds, or has held, office as a judge of the Crown Court or a Circuit Judge; a Sheriff in Scotland; or a county court judge in Northern Ireland.
Assistant Surveillance Commissioners are appointed for a three-year period with the possibility of re-appointment. Their functions are in regard to surveillance operations carried out by Police and Customs officers and members of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
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