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Interception of Communications Act 1985
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Interception of Communications Act 1985
1985 CHAPTER 56
An Act to make new provision for and in connection with the interception of communications sent by post or by means of public telecommunication systems and to amend section 45 of the Telecommunications Act 1984.
[25th July 1985]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Commencement Information
I1Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 12(2); wholly in force at (10.4.1986) by S.I. 1986/384, art. 2.
F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 1 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 2 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)-(6)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F3S. 3 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F4S. 4 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F5S. 5 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F66. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F6S. 6 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F7S. 7 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3 (subject to transitional savings in art. 6)
F88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F8S. 8 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F99. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F9S. 9 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
F1010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.
Textual Amendments
F10S. 10 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
11 Amendments, saving and repeal.U.K.
(1)For section 45 of the 1984 Act (interception and disclosure of messages etc.) there shall be substituted the section set out in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(2)In section 58 of the M1Post Office Act 1953 (opening or delaying of postal packets by officers of Post Office)—
(a)for the words “an express warrant in writing under the hand of a Secretary of State” in subsection (1); and
(b)for the words “a warrant in writing under the hand of a Secretary of State” in subsection (2),
there shall be substituted the words “a warrant issued by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Interception of Communications Act 1985”.
F11(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F11(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F11(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F11S. 11(3)-(5) repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3
Marginal Citations
12 Short title, commencement and extent.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Interception of Communications Act 1985.
(2)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint.
(3)This Act extends to Northern Ireland.
(4)Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that any of the provisions of this Act specified in the Order shall extend to the Isle of Man or any of the Channel Islands with such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as may be so specified.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by s. 12(2) fully exercised: S.I. 1986/384
SCHEDULES
F12SCHEDULE 1U.K.
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Textual Amendments
F12Sch. 1 repealed (2.10.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(2), Sch. 5 (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 3 (subject to transitional savings in art. 6)
Section 11.
SCHEDULE 2U.K. Section Substituted for Section 45 of 1984 Act
Disclosure of messages etc.U.K.
45(1)A person engaged in the running of a public telecommunication system who otherwise than in the course of his duty intentionally discloses to any person—
(a)the contents of any message which has been intercepted in the course of its transmission by means of that system; or
(b)any information concerning the use made of telecommunication services provided for any other person by means of that system,
shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)Subsection (1) above does not apply to—
(a)any disclosure which is made for the prevention or detection of crime or for the purposes of any criminal proceedings;
(b)any disclosure of matter falling within paragraph (a) of that subsection which is made in obedience to a warrant issued by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Interception of Communications Act 1985 or in pursuance of a requirement imposed by the Commissioner under section 8(3) of that Act; or
(c)any disclosure of matter falling within paragraph (b) of that subsection which is made in the interests of national security or in pursuance of the order of a court.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2)(c) above a certificate signed by a Minister of the Crown who is a member of the Cabinet, or by the Attorney General or the Lord Advocate, certifying that a disclosure was made in the interests of national security shall be conclusive evidence of that fact; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall be received in evidence and deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.
(4)A person guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum;
(b)on conviction on indictment, to a fine.
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