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ACT Unit: pag1
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
RA Proof 20.7.2000
c. 23
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Part III
(h) the Provost Marshal of the Royal Air Force Police;
(i) the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police;
(j) the Director General of the National Criminal
Intelligence Service;
(k) the Director General of the National Crime Squad;
“the customs and excise” means the Commissioners of Customs and
Excise or any customs officer;
“electronic signature” means anything in electronic form which—
(a) is incorporated into, or otherwise logically associated
with, any electronic communication or other electronic data;
(b) is generated by the signatory or other source of the
communication or data; and
(c) is used for the purpose of facilitating, by means of a link
between the signatory or other source and the
communication or data, the establishment of the authenticity
of the communication or data, the establishment of its
integrity, or both;
“key”, in relation to any electronic data, means any key, code,
password, algorithm or other data the use of which (with or
without other keys)—
(a) allows access to the electronic data, or
(b) facilitates the putting of the data into an intelligible
form;
“the police” means—
(a) any constable;
(b) the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis or any
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; or
(c) the Commissioner of Police for the City of London;
“protected information” means any electronic data which, without
the key to the data—
(a) cannot, or cannot readily, be accessed, or
(b) cannot, or cannot readily, be put into an intelligible
form;
“section 49 notice” means a notice under section 49;
“warrant” includes any authorisation, notice or other instrument
(however described) conferring a power of the same description
as may, in other cases, be conferred by a warrant.
(2) References in this Part to a person’s having information (including
a key to protected information) in his possession include references—
(a) to its being in the possession of a person who is under his control
so far as that information is concerned;
(b) to his having an immediate right of access to it, or an immediate
right to have it transmitted or otherwise supplied to him; and
(c) to its being, or being contained in, anything which he or a person
under his control is entitled, in exercise of any statutory power
and without otherwise taking possession of it, to detain, inspect
or search.