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ByHome Officemoss_wren_ea2a5e

How to make applications under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) and how the government responds to terrorist incidents.

Adapted edition

Incident response
Document type
Reference Guide
Format
DOCX
Pages
6
Language
English
Version
1.0
Updated
2026-09-17
Category
Information security
Licence
Open Government Licence v3.0
Description

How to make applications under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) and how the government responds to terrorist incidents. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.

Contents
  • Overview
  • RIPA: what it is and how to apply
  • Local authority use of RIPA
  • Approval of local authority use of RIPA
  • Responding to a terrorist incident
  • Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism
  • Northern Ireland
  • Communicating with the public
  • Staying safe
  • What happens and when
  • Contingency planning guidance
  • Who is involved in the response
  • Crisis committee
Source and licence
Surveillance and counter-terrorism

Home Office

Original source OGL-UK-3.0

AttributionHome Office, ‘Surveillance and counter-terrorism’ (updated 26 March 2013), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.

Version history
  • v1.017/09/2026
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