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RA Proof 20.7.2000
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
Part V
1998 c. 42.
1978 c. 30.
S.I. 1979/1573
(N.I. 12).
1997 c. 50.
1949 c. 54.
1971 c. 80.
(h) the Royal Military Police;
(i) the Royal Air Force Police;
(j) the British Transport Police;
“postal service” and “public postal service” have the meanings given
by section 2(1);
“private telecommunication system”, “public telecommunications
service” and “public telecommunication system” have the
meanings given by section 2(1);
“public authority” means any public authority within the meaning
of section 6 of the Human Rights Act 1998 (acts of public
authorities) other than a court or tribunal;
“senior official” means, subject to subsection (7), a member of the
Senior Civil Service or a member of the Senior Management
Structure of Her Majesty’s Diplomatic Service;
“statutory”, in relation to any power or duty, means conferred or
imposed by or under any enactment or subordinate legislation;
“subordinate legislation” means any subordinate legislation (within
the meaning of the Interpretation Act 1978) or any statutory
rules (within the meaning of the Statutory Rules (Northern
Ireland) Order 1979);
“Surveillance Commissioner” means a Commissioner holding office
under section 91 of the Police Act 1997 and “Chief Surveillance
Commissioner” shall be construed accordingly;
“telecommunication system” and “telecommunications service”
have the meanings given by section 2(1);
“the Tribunal” means the tribunal established under section 65;
“wireless telegraphy” has the same meaning as in the Wireless
Telegraphy Act 1949 and, in relation to wireless telegraphy,
“interfere” has the same meaning as in that Act;
“working day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday,
Christmas Day, Good Friday or a day which is a bank holiday
under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 in any part
of the United Kingdom.
(2) In this Act—
(a) references to crime are references to conduct which constitutes
one or more criminal offences or is, or corresponds to, any
conduct which, if it all took place in any one part of the United
Kingdom would constitute one or more criminal offences; and
(b) references to serious crime are references to crime that satisfies
the test in subsection (3)(a) or (b).
(3) Those tests are—
(a) that the offence or one of the offences that is or would be
constituted by the conduct is an offence for which a person who
has attained the age of twenty-one and has no previous
convictions could reasonably be expected to be sentenced to
imprisonment for a term of three years or more;
(b) that the conduct involves the use of violence, results in
substantial financial gain or is conduct by a large number of
persons in pursuit of a common purpose.