(1) The chief officer
of a law enforcement agency must arrange for the records kept under section 77
for each authority in respect of the agency to be audited —
(a) at
least once every 6 months while the authority is in force; and
(b) at
least once in the 6 months after the cancellation or expiry of the authority.
(2) The audit is to be
conducted by a person appointed by the chief officer.
(3) The person
appointed to conduct the audit —
(a) may,
but need not, be an officer of the law enforcement agency; and
(b) must
not be a person —
(i)
who granted, varied or cancelled any of the authorities
to which the records under section 77 relate; or
(ii)
who is or was an authorised person, or the supervisor of
an authorised civilian, under any of the authorities to which those records
relate.
(4) The results of an
audit are to be reported to the chief officer.