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CHAPTER 3Other provisions about interception
53Safeguards relating to retention and disclosure of material
(1)The issuing authority must ensure, in relation to every targeted interception warrant or mutual assistance warrant issued by that authority, that arrangements are in force for securing that the requirements of subsections (2) and (5) are met in relation to the material obtained under the warrant.
This is subject to subsection (9).
(3)For the purposes of this section something is necessary for the authorised purposes if, and only if—
(a)it is, or is likely to become, necessary on any of the grounds falling within section 20 on which a warrant under Chapter 1 of this Part may be necessary,
(c)it is necessary for facilitating the carrying out of any functions of the Judicial Commissioners or the Investigatory Powers Tribunal under or in relation to this Act,
(d)it is necessary to ensure that a person (“P”) who is conducting a criminal prosecution has the information P needs to determine what is required of P by P’s duty to secure the fairness of the prosecution, or
(e)it is necessary for the performance of any duty imposed on any person by the Public Records Act 1958 or the Public Records Act (Northern Ireland) 1923.
(5)The requirements of this subsection are met in relation to the material obtained under a warrant if every copy made of any of that material (if not destroyed earlier) is destroyed as soon as there are no longer any relevant grounds for retaining it (see subsection (6)).
(a)its retention is not necessary, or not likely to become necessary, on any of the grounds falling within section 20 on which a warrant under Chapter 1 of this Part may be necessary, and
(a)a communication which has been intercepted in accordance with a targeted interception warrant or mutual assistance warrant is retained, following its examination, for purposes other than the destruction of the communication, and
(b)it is a communication that contains confidential journalistic material or identifies a source of journalistic information,
(9)To the extent that the requirements of subsections (2) and (5) relate to any of the material mentioned in subsection (8)(a), or to the copy mentioned in subsection (8)(b), the arrangements made for the purposes of this section are not required to secure that those requirements are met (see instead section 54).
any record which—
refers to any interception or to the obtaining of any material, and
is a record of the identities of the persons to or by whom the material was sent, or to whom the material relates,
the Secretary of State, in the case of warrants issued by the Secretary of State;
the Scottish Ministers, in the case of warrants issued by the Scottish Ministers;
54Safeguards relating to disclosure of material overseas
(1)The issuing authority must ensure, in relation to every targeted interception warrant or mutual assistance warrant issued by that authority, that arrangements are in force for securing that—
(2)The requirements of this subsection are met in the case of a warrant if it appears to the issuing authority—
(a)that requirements corresponding to the requirements of section 53(2) and (5) will apply, to such extent (if any) as the issuing authority considers appropriate, in relation to any of the material which is handed over, or any copy of which is given, to the authorities in question, and
(b)that restrictions are in force which would prevent, to such extent (if any) as the issuing authority considers appropriate, the doing of anything in, for the purposes of or in connection with any proceedings outside the United Kingdom which would result in a prohibited disclosure.
(3)In subsection (2)(b) “prohibited disclosure” means a disclosure which, if made in the United Kingdom, would breach the prohibition in section 56(1).
“copy” has the same meaning as in section 53;
55Additional safeguards for items subject to legal privilege
(1)This section applies where an item subject to legal privilege which has been intercepted in accordance with a targeted interception warrant or mutual assistance warrant is retained, following its examination, for purposes other than the destruction of the item.
(a)the person who decided to issue the warrant;
56Exclusion of matters from legal proceedings etc.
(1)No evidence may be adduced, question asked, assertion or disclosure made or other thing done in, for the purposes of or in connection with any legal proceedings or Inquiries Act proceedings which (in any manner)—
(a)discloses, in circumstances from which its origin in interception-related conduct may be inferred—
(i)any content of an intercepted communication, or
(ii)any secondary data obtained from a communication, or
(b)tends to suggest that any interception-related conduct has or may have occurred or may be going to occur.
(2)“Interception-related conduct” means—
(a)conduct by a person within subsection (3) that is, or in the absence of any lawful authority would be, an offence under section 3(1) (offence of unlawful interception);
(b)a breach of the prohibition imposed by section 9 (restriction on requesting interception by overseas authorities);
(c)a breach of the prohibition imposed by section 10 (restriction on requesting assistance under mutual assistance agreements etc.);
(d)the making of an application by any person for a warrant, or the issue of a warrant, under Chapter 1 of this Part;
(e)the imposition of any requirement on any person to provide assistance in giving effect to a targeted interception warrant or mutual assistance warrant.
(a)any person who is an intercepting authority (see section 18);
(c)any person deemed to be the proper officer of Revenue and Customs by virtue of section 8(2) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979;
(d)any person employed by, or for the purposes of, a police force;
(e)any postal operator or telecommunications operator;
(f)any person employed or engaged for the purposes of the business of a postal operator or telecommunications operator.
(4)Any reference in subsection (1) to interception-related conduct also includes any conduct taking place before the coming into force of this section and consisting of—
(a)conduct by a person within subsection (3) that—
(i)was an offence under section 1(1) or (2) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“RIPA”), or
(ii)would have been such an offence in the absence of any lawful authority (within the meaning of section 1(5) of RIPA);
(b)conduct by a person within subsection (3) that—
(i)was an offence under section 1 of the Interception of Communications Act 1985, or
(ii)would have been such an offence in the absence of subsections (2) and (3) of that section;
(c)a breach by the Secretary of State of the duty under section 1(4) of RIPA (restriction on requesting assistance under mutual assistance agreements);
(d)the making of an application by any person for a warrant, or the issue of a warrant, under—
(i)Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA, or
(ii)the Interception of Communications Act 1985;
(e)the imposition of any requirement on any person to provide assistance in giving effect to a warrant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA.
“intercepted communication” means any communication intercepted in the course of its transmission by means of a postal service or telecommunication system.
57Duty not to make unauthorised disclosures
(a)the person discloses any of the matters within subsection (4) in relation to—
(i)a warrant under Chapter 1 of this Part, or
(ii)a warrant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000, and
(b)the disclosure is not an excepted disclosure (see section 58).
(d)any postal operator or telecommunications operator;
(e)any person employed or engaged for the purposes of the business of a postal operator or telecommunications operator;
(f)any person to whom any of the matters within subsection (4) have been disclosed in relation to a warrant mentioned in subsection (2)(a).
(e)any of the material obtained under the warrant.
58Section 57: meaning of “excepted disclosure”
(1)For the purposes of section 57 a disclosure made in relation to a warrant is an “excepted disclosure” if it falls within any of the Heads set out in—
(b)subsection (4) (oversight bodies);
(c)subsection (5) (legal advisers);
(d)subsection (8) (disclosures of a general nature).
(c)a disclosure authorised by the terms of any requirement to provide assistance in giving effect to the warrant (including any requirement for disclosure imposed by virtue of section 41(5) or, in the case of a warrant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“RIPA”), section 11(9) of RIPA).
(3)But subsection (2)(b) does not apply in the case of a mutual assistance warrant that is or was addressed to a person falling within section 18(1)(h) (competent authorities of overseas countries or territories).
(4)Head 2 is—
(a)in the case of a warrant under Chapter 1 of this Part, a disclosure made to, or authorised by, a Judicial Commissioner;
(b)in the case of a warrant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA, a disclosure made to, or authorised by, the Interception of Communications Commissioner or a Judicial Commissioner;
(c)a disclosure made to the Independent Police Complaints Commission for the purposes of facilitating the carrying out of any of its functions;
(d)a disclosure made to the Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament for the purposes of facilitating the carrying out of any of its functions.
(a)a disclosure made by a legal adviser—
in connection with the giving, by L to L’s client, of advice about the effect of the relevant provisions (see subsection (7)).
(6)But a disclosure within Head 3 is not an excepted disclosure if it is made with the intention of furthering a criminal purpose.
(7)In subsection (5)(b) “the relevant provisions” means—
(a)in the case of a warrant under Chapter 1 of this Part, the provisions of this Part;
(b)in the case of a warrant under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA, the provisions of that Chapter.
(8)Head 4 is—
(a)a disclosure that—
(i)is made by a postal operator or a telecommunications operator in accordance with a requirement imposed by regulations made by the Secretary of State, and
(b)a disclosure of information that does not relate to any particular warrant under Chapter 1 of this Part or under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of RIPA but relates to any such warrants in general.
(9)Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 56 (which, among other things, prohibits the making of certain disclosures in, for the purposes of or in connection with legal proceedings).
59Offence of making unauthorised disclosures
(1)A person who fails to comply with section 57(1) commits an offence.
60Part 2: interpretation
“EU mutual assistance instrument” has the meaning given by section 10(3);
“intercepting authority” is to be read in accordance with section 18;
“international mutual assistance agreement” has the meaning given by section 10(3);
“mutual assistance warrant” has the meaning given by section 15(4);
any police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996;
the Police Service of Scotland;
“relevant content”, in relation to a targeted examination warrant, has the meaning given by section 15(3);
“relevant Scottish application” has the meaning given by section 22;
“secondary data” has the meaning given by section 16, and references to obtaining secondary data from a communication are to be read in accordance with that section;
“targeted examination warrant” has the meaning given by section 15(3).
(2)In this Part references to a member of a police force, in relation to the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police, do not include any member of that force who is not for the time being attached to, or serving with, that force or another of those police forces.