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THE INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

01 January 1991

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THE INTERCEPTION OF COMMUNICATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
refdoc July=1991

BOOKS/PAMPHLETS User Ref = P56607
Home Office
HMSO, Feb 1985 12pp (Cmnd 9438) RP56607A-B

Sets out the background to a forthcoming bill which the
Government has undertaken to introduce. Deals with the aims
of the legislation, present position, legislation to be
brought forward and its main features, warrants and handling
of intercepted material. The bill will create a criminal
offence of unlawful interception. The Secretary of State
will be empowered to issue warrants; a tribunal will be
established. Brief interception statistics are included.

crime, police, letter, telephone, telex, privacy, telegram,
electronic transmission, computer data, facsimile,
telephone tapping, civil rights, telecommunications, data
data protection

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