The Prime Minister has approved the re-appointment of The Right Honourable Sir Christopher Rose as Chief Surveillance Commissioner and The Right Honourable Sir Charles Mantell as a Surveillance Commissioner for a further term of three years from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2012. He has also approved the appointment of The Right Honourable Sir William Gage as a Surveillance Commissioner with effect from 1 September 2009 to 31 August 2012.
Biographical NotesThe Right Honourable Sir Christopher Rose (72) was called to the Bar by the Middle Temple in 1960. He served as a Justice of the High Court, assigned to The Queen s Bench Division, from 1985 to 1992. He was Presiding Judge of the Northern Circuit from 1987 to 1990. He was a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1992, and Vice President of the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, from 1997 until he retired from these posts in April 2006. He was appointed a Surveillance Commissioner on 1 May 2006 and subsequently Chief Surveillance Commissioner on 1 July 2006.
The Right Honourable Sir Charles Mantell (72) was called to the Bar in 1960. He served as a Judge of the High Court, Queen s Bench Division, from 1990 to 1997 and as a Lord Justice of Appeal from 1997 to 2004. He was appointed a Surveillance Commissioner on 1 July 2006.
The Right Honourable Sir William Gage (70) was called to the Bar, Inner Temple, in 1963 and elected a Bencher in 1991. He was a Recorder from 1985 to 1993; Judge of the Queen s Bench Division from 1993 until 2004; Presiding Judge of the South Eastern Circuit from 1997 to 2000. He was appointed a Lord Justice of Appeal in September 2004 and retired in November 2008. He has also served as Chancellor of the Diocese of Coventry from 1980 to 2009 and as Chancellor of the Diocese of Ely since 1989.
Notes for EditorsSection 91 of the Police Act 1997 provides for the Prime Minster to appoint Surveillance Commissioners. Commissioners must be persons who hold or have held high judicial office within the meaning of the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876. 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 Law Enforcement Agencies and other public authorities in England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
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