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100Lawful interception of postal items by Revenue and Customs

(1)    After section 3(3) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c 23) (lawful interception without an interception warrant) insert—

“(3A)    Conduct consisting in the interception of a communication in the course of its transmission by means of a public postal service is authorised by this section if it is conduct—

(a)    under section 159 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 as applied by virtue of—

(i)    section 105 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (power to open postal items etc); or

(ii)    that section 105 and another enactment; and

(b)    by an officer of Revenue and Customs.”

(2)    After section 17(3)(b) of that Act (exclusion of matters from legal proceedings) insert—

“(ba)    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;”.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
Royal Assent

Royal Assent: 12 November 2009: see s 116(5)(b).
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