Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25)
Part 5 — Equipment interference
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a disclosure made to the Intelligence and Security Committee of
Parliament for the purposes of facilitating the carrying out of any of its
functions.
(4)
Head 3 is—
(a) a disclosure made—
(i) in contemplation of, or in connection with, any legal
proceedings, and
(ii) for the purposes of those proceedings;
(b) a disclosure made—
(i) by a professional legal adviser (“L”) to L’s client or a
representative of L’s client, or
(ii) by L’s client, or by a representative of L’s client, to L,
in connection with the giving, by L to L’s client, of advice about the
effect of the provisions of this Part.
(5)
But a disclosure within Head 3 is not an excepted disclosure if it is made with
the intention of furthering a criminal purpose.
(6)
Head 4 is—
(a) a disclosure which—
(i) is made by a telecommunications operator in accordance with a
requirement imposed by regulations made by the Secretary of
State, and
(ii) consists of statistical information of a description specified in
the regulations;
(b) a disclosure of information that does not relate to any particular
warrant under this Part but relates to such warrants in general.
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Offence of making unauthorised disclosure
(1)
A person commits an offence if—
(a) the person discloses any matter in breach of section 132(1), and
(b) the person knew that the disclosure was in breach of that section.
(2)
A person who is guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months (or 6
months, if the offence was committed before the
commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act
2003), or
(ii) to a fine,
or to both;
(b) on summary conviction in Scotland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
or to both;
(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
or to both;