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(1)A relevant operator that has been served with a copy of a warrant to which section 41 applies by (or on behalf of) the intercepting authority must take all steps for giving effect to the warrant that are notified to the relevant operator by (or on behalf of) the intercepting authority.
This is subject to subsection (4).
(2)In this section—
“relevant operator” means a postal operator or a telecommunications operator;
“the intercepting authority” has the same meaning as in section 41.
(3)Subsection (1) applies whether or not the relevant operator is in the United Kingdom.
(4)The relevant operator is not required to take any steps which it is not reasonably practicable for the relevant operator to take.
(5)In determining for the purposes of subsection (4) whether it is reasonably practicable for a relevant operator outside the United Kingdom to take any steps in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom for giving effect to a warrant, the matters to be taken into account include the following—
(a)any requirements or restrictions under the law of that country or territory that are relevant to the taking of those steps, and
(b)the extent to which it is reasonably practicable to give effect to the warrant in a way that does not breach any of those requirements or restrictions.
(6)Where obligations have been imposed on a relevant operator (“P”) under section 253 (technical capability notices), for the purposes of subsection (4) the steps which it is reasonably practicable for P to take include every step which it would have been reasonably practicable for P to take if P had complied with all of those obligations.
(7)A person who knowingly fails to comply with subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and liable—
(a)on summary conviction in England and Wales—
(i)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months (or 6 months, if the offence was committed before the commencement of section 154(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003), or
(ii)to a fine,
or to both;
(b)on summary conviction in Scotland—
(i)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or
(ii)to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
or to both;
(c)on summary conviction in Northern Ireland—
(i)to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or
(ii)to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum,
or to both;
(d)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to a fine, or to both.
(8)The duty imposed by subsection (1) is enforceable (whether or not the person is in the United Kingdom) by civil proceedings by the Secretary of State for an injunction, or for specific performance of a statutory duty under section 45 of the Court of Session Act 1988, or for any other appropriate relief.
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