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The Wireless Telegraphy (Interception and Disclosure of Messages) (Designation) Regulations 2003

S.I. 2003/3104 · Made 28 November 2003

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ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

Made 28th November 2003

Laid before Parliament 3rd December 2003

Coming into force 29th December 2003

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 5(7)(c) and (12)(c) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949f1 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1949 c. 54; section 5 was amended by section 73 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Revocation
  3. 3Designation of persons
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Wireless Telegraphy (Interception and Disclosure of Messages) (Designation) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 29th December 2003.

2Revocation

The Wireless Telegraphy (Interception and Disclosure of Messages) (Designation) Regulations 2000f1 are hereby revoked.

3Designation of persons

The persons for the time being who hold the respective positions of Operations Director and Head of Field Operations of the Office of Communications established under the Office of Communications Act 2002f1 are hereby designated for the purposes of section 5(7)(c) and (12)(c) of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949.

Signature

Stephen Timms,

Minister of State for Energy, E-Commerce and Postal Services,

Department of Trade and Industry

28th November 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations designate the persons for the time being holding the positions of Operations Director and Head of Field Operations of the Office of Communications established under the Office of Communications Act 2002 (c. 11) as persons who may authorise interception and disclosure of wireless telegraphy messages under section 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 (c. 54).

These Regulations revoke the Wireless Telegraphy (Interception and Disclosure of Messages) (Designation) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/2409).