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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part I
Chapter I
(b) by that person acting through, or together with, such other
persons as he may require (whether under subsection (2) or
otherwise) to provide him with assistance with giving effect to
the warrant.
(2) For the purpose of requiring any person to provide assistance in
relation to an interception warrant the person to whom it is addressed
may—
(a) serve a copy of the warrant on such persons as he considers may
be able to provide such assistance; or
(b) make arrangements under which a copy of it is to be or may be
so served.
(3) The copy of an interception warrant that is served on any person
under subsection (2) may, to the extent authorised—
(a) by the person to whom the warrant is addressed, or
(b) by the arrangements made by him for the purposes of that
subsection,
omit any one or more of the schedules to the warrant.
(4) Where a copy of an interception warrant has been served by or on
behalf of the person to whom it is addressed on—
(a) a person who provides a postal service,
(b) a person who provides a public telecommunications service, or
(c) a person not falling within paragraph (b) who has control of the
whole or any part of a telecommunication system located
wholly or partly in the United Kingdom,
it shall (subject to subsection (5)) be the duty of that person to take all
such steps for giving effect to the warrant as are notified to him by or on
behalf of the person to whom the warrant is addressed.
(5) A person who is under a duty by virtue of subsection (4) to take
steps for giving effect to a warrant shall not be required to take any steps
which it is not reasonably practicable for him to take.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) the steps which it is reasonably
practicable for a person to take in a case in which obligations have been
imposed on him by or under section 12 shall include every step which it
would have been reasonably practicable for him to take had he complied
with all the obligations so imposed on him.
(7) A person who knowingly fails to comply with his duty under
subsection (4) shall be guilty of an offence and liable—
(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both;
(b) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory
maximum, or to both.
1988 c. 36.
(8) A person’s duty under subsection (4) to take steps for giving effect
to a warrant shall be enforceable by civil proceedings by the Secretary of
State for an injunction, or for specific performance of a statutory duty
under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988, or for any other
appropriate relief.