47Postal services: interception for enforcement purposesU.K.
(1)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 carried out by an officer of Revenue and Customs under section 159 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, as applied by virtue of—
(a)section 105 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (power to open postal items etc.), or
(b)that section and another enactment.
(2)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 carried out under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (port and border controls) [F1or under paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (border security)] .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 47(2) inserted (13.8.2020) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(2)(d), Sch. 4 para. 33; S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(i)
Commencement Information
I1S. 47 in force at 27.6.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 8(p)