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From: P. John
30 March 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
on 27 April 1981, Mr. John Gorst MP asked the Secretary of State
for the Home Department to "list the statutory provisions which
relate to offences for the unauthorised interception of telephone
calls or mail, distinguishing any which apply only to employees of
British Telecom or the Post Office; and if, for each offence, he
will indicate the maximum penalty provided".
The reply listed various acts including Telegraph Act 1863,
Telegraph Act 1868, Post Office (Protection) Act 1884, Wireless
Telegraphy Act 1949, Theft Act 1968.
It is my understanding many of these acts have been repealed by
Statutory Instrument by 2001/1149.
Please could you list the statutory provisions which relate to
offences for the unauthorised interception of telecommunications,
distinguishing any which apply only to employees of British
Telecom; and for each offence, please indicate the maximum penalty
provided.
Yours faithfully,
P. John
Home Office
1 April 2009
Reference : T5641/9
Thank you for your e-mail enquiry of 30/03/2009 5:18:58 PM
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From: P. John
1 April 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
many thanks, particularly for such a prompt reply.
Much appreciated.
Yours sincerely,
P. John
P. John left an annotation ( 1 April 2009)
Other notable instances where RIPA has been applied to civil interception of telecommunications;
- September 2005 Cliff Stanford, Founder Demon Internet & George Nelson Liddell (unlawfully intercepting emails)
- January 2006 BBC: Eighteen charged in 'snoop' probe
- January 2007: Clive Goodman, News of the World & Glenn Mulcaire, Private Investigator (tapping Royal voicemails)
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