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Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 2 — Lawful interception of communications
Chapter 3 — Other provisions about interception
(e)
(f)
any postal operator or telecommunications operator;
any person employed or engaged for the purposes of the business of a
postal operator or telecommunications operator.
(4)
Any reference in subsection (1) to interception-related conduct also includes
any conduct taking place before the coming into force of this section and
consisting of—
(a) conduct by a person within subsection (3) that—
(i) was an offence under section 1(1) or (2) of the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“RIPA”), or
(ii) would have been such an offence in the absence of any lawful
authority (within the meaning of section 1(5) of RIPA);
(b) conduct by a person within subsection (3) that—
(i) was an offence under section 1 of the Interception of
Communications Act 1985, or
(ii) would have been such an offence in the absence of subsections
(2) and (3) of that section;
(c) a breach by the Secretary of State of the duty under section 1(4) of RIPA
(restriction on requesting assistance under mutual assistance
agreements);
(d) the making of an application by any person for a warrant, or the issue
of a warrant, under—
(i) Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA, or
(ii) the Interception of Communications Act 1985;
(e) the imposition of any requirement on any person to provide assistance
in giving effect to a warrant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA.
(5)
In this section—
“Inquiries Act proceedings” means proceedings of an inquiry under the
Inquiries Act 2005;
“intercepted communication” means any communication intercepted in
the course of its transmission by means of a postal service or
telecommunication system.
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Duty not to make unauthorised disclosures
(1)
A person to whom this section applies must not make an unauthorised
disclosure to another person.
(2)
A person makes an unauthorised disclosure for the purposes of this section if—
(a) the person discloses any of the matters within subsection (4) in relation
to—
(i) a warrant under Chapter 1 of this Part, or
(ii) a warrant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Regulation of
Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and
(b) the disclosure is not an excepted disclosure (see section 58).
(3)
This section applies to the following persons—
(a) any person who is an intercepting authority (see section 18);
(b) any person holding office under the Crown;
(c) any person employed by, or for the purposes of, a police force;
(d) any postal operator or telecommunications operator;