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Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
RA Proof 20.7.2000
c. 23
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Part I
Chapter I
(b) he has the express or implied consent of such a person to make
the interception.
(7) A person who is guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (2) shall
be 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 a fine not exceeding the statutory
maximum.
(8) No proceedings for any offence which is an offence by virtue of this
section shall be instituted—
(a) in England and Wales, except by or with the consent of the
Director of Public Prosecutions;
(b) in Northern Ireland, except by or with the consent of the
Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.
2.—(1) In this Act—
Meaning and
location of
“postal service” means any service which—
“interception” etc.
(a) consists in the following, or in any one or more of them,
namely, the collection, sorting, conveyance, distribution and
delivery (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) of
postal items; and
(b) is offered or provided as a service the main purpose of
which, or one of the main purposes of which, is to make
available, or to facilitate, a means of transmission from place
to place of postal items containing communications;
“private telecommunication system” means any telecommunication
system which, without itself being a public telecommunication
system, is a system in relation to which the following conditions
are satisfied—
(a) it is attached, directly or indirectly and whether or not
for the purposes of the communication in question, to a
public telecommunication system; and
(b) there is apparatus comprised in the system which is
both located in the United Kingdom and used (with or
without other apparatus) for making the attachment to the
public telecommunication system;
“public postal service” means any postal service which is offered or
provided to, or to a substantial section of, the public in any one
or more parts of the United Kingdom;
“public
telecommunications
service”
means
any
telecommunications service which is offered or provided to, or
to a substantial section of, the public in any one or more parts
of the United Kingdom;
“public telecommunication system” means any such parts of a
telecommunication system by means of which any public
telecommunications service is provided as are located in the
United Kingdom;
“telecommunications service” means any service that consists in the
provision of access to, and of facilities for making use of, any
telecommunication system (whether or not one provided by the
person providing the service); and