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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part I
Chapter I
(b) a communication the intended recipient of which has so
consented.
(2) Conduct by any person consisting in the interception of a
communication is authorised by this section if—
(a) the communication is one sent by, or intended for, a person who
has consented to the interception; and
(b) surveillance by means of that interception has been authorised
under Part II.
(3) Conduct consisting in the interception of a communication is
authorised by this section if—
(a) it is conduct by or on behalf of a person who provides a postal
service or a telecommunications service; and
(b) it takes place for purposes connected with the provision or
operation of that service or with the enforcement, in relation to
that service, of any enactment relating to the use of postal
services or telecommunications services.
1949 c. 54.
(4) Conduct by any person consisting in the interception of a
communication in the course of its transmission by means of wireless
telegraphy is authorised by this section if it takes place—
(a) with the authority of a designated person under section 5 of the
Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (misleading messages and
interception and disclosure of wireless telegraphy messages);
and
(b) for purposes connected with anything falling within subsection
(5).
(5) Each of the following falls within this subsection—
(a) the issue of licences under the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949;
(b) the prevention or detection of anything which constitutes
interference with wireless telegraphy; and
(c) the enforcement of any enactment contained in that Act or of any
enactment not so contained that relates to such interference.
Power to provide
for lawful
interception.
4.—(1) Conduct by any person (“the interceptor”) consisting in the
interception of a communication in the course of its transmission by
means of a telecommunication system is authorised by this section if—
(a) the interception is carried out for the purpose of obtaining
information about the communications of a person who, or
who the interceptor has reasonable grounds for believing, is in
a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;
(b) the interception relates to the use of a telecommunications
service provided to persons in that country or territory which is
either—
(i) a public telecommunications service; or
(ii) a telecommunications service that would be a public
telecommunications service if the persons to whom it is
offered or provided were members of the public in a part of
the United Kingdom;