Point in time view as at 17/05/2019.
Investigatory Powers Act 2016, Section 5 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 01 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
(1)References in this Act to the interception of a communication do not include references to the interception of any communication broadcast for general reception.
(2)References in this Act to the interception of a communication in the course of its transmission by means of a postal service do not include references to—
(a)any conduct that takes place in relation only to so much of the communication as consists of any postal data comprised in, included as part of, attached to, or logically associated with a communication (whether by the sender or otherwise) for the purposes of any postal service by means of which it is being or may be transmitted, or
(b)any conduct, in connection with conduct falling within paragraph (a), that gives a person who is neither the sender nor the intended recipient only so much access to a communication as is necessary for the purpose of identifying such postal data.
For the meaning of “postal data”, see section 262.
Commencement Information
I1S. 5 in force at 31.5.2018 by S.I. 2018/652, reg. 2(c)
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