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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part I
Chapter I
Restrictions on use of intercepted material etc.
General
safeguards.
15.—(1) Subject to subsection (6), it shall be the duty of the Secretary
of State to ensure, in relation to all interception warrants, that such
arrangements are in force as he considers necessary for securing—
(a) that the requirements of subsections (2) and (3) are satisfied in
relation to the intercepted material and any related
communications data; and
(b) in the case of warrants in relation to which there are section 8(4)
certificates, that the requirements of section 16 are also satisfied.
(2) The requirements of this subsection are satisfied in relation to the
intercepted material and any related communications data if each of the
following—
(a) the number of persons to whom any of the material or data is
disclosed or otherwise made available,
(b) the extent to which any of the material or data is disclosed or
otherwise made available,
(c) the extent to which any of the material or data is copied, and
(d) the number of copies that are made,
is limited to the minimum that is necessary for the authorised purposes.
(3) The requirements of this subsection are satisfied in relation to the
intercepted material and any related communications data if each copy
made of any of the material or data (if not destroyed earlier) is destroyed
as soon as there are no longer any grounds for retaining it as necessary
for any of the authorised purposes.
1958 c. 51.
1923 c. 20 (N.I.).
(4) For the purposes of this section something is necessary for the
authorised purposes if, and only if—
(a) it continues to be, or is likely to become, necessary as mentioned
in section 5(3);
(b) it is necessary for facilitating the carrying out of any of the
functions under this Chapter of the Secretary of State;
(c) it is necessary for facilitating the carrying out of any functions in
relation to this Part of the Interception of Communications
Commissioner or of the Tribunal;
(d) it is necessary to ensure that a person conducting a criminal
prosecution has the information he needs to determine what is
required of him by his duty to secure the fairness of the
prosecution; or
(e) it is necessary for the performance of any duty imposed on any
person by the Public Records Act 1958 or the Public Records
Act (Northern Ireland) 1923.
(5) The arrangements for the time being in force under this section for
securing that the requirements of subsection (2) are satisfied in relation to
the intercepted material or any related communications data must include
such arrangements as the Secretary of State considers necessary for
securing that every copy of the material or data that is made is stored, for
so long as it is retained, in a secure manner.
(6) Arrangements in relation to interception warrants which are made
for the purposes of subsection (1)—