Contents
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General
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Unlawful interception – criminal and civil offences
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3 General rules on interception with a warrant
Necessity and proportionality
Meaning of “telecommunications service”
Implementation of warrants
Provision of reasonable assistance
Provision of interception capability
Duration of interception warrants
Stored communications
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4 Special rules on interception with a warrant
Collateral intrusion
Confidential information
Communications subject to legal privilege
Communications involving confidential journalistic material,
confidential personal information and communications between
a Member of Parliament and another person on constituency
business
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5 Interception warrants (section 8(1))
Application for a section 8(1) warrant
Authorisation of a section 8(1) warrant
Urgent authorisation of a section 8(1) warrant
Format of a section 8(1) warrant
Modification of a section 8(1) warrant
Renewal of a section 8(1) warrant
Warrant cancellation
Records
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6 Interception warrants (section 8(4))
Section 8(4) interception in practice
Definition of external communications
Intercepting non-external communications under section 8(4)
warrants
Application for a section 8(4) warrant
Authorisation of a section 8(4) warrant
Urgent authorisation of a section 8(4) warrant
Format of a section 8(4) warrant
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