The Investigatory Powers (Technical Capability) Regulations 2018

PART 2Relevant postal operators

14.—(1) To provide and maintain the capability to carry out the interception of, or the obtaining of secondary data from, communications transmitted by means of a postal service and to disclose anything obtained under a warrant to the person to whom the warrant is addressed or any person acting on that person’s behalf within one working day, or such longer period as may be specified in the technical capability notice, of the service of a copy of the warrant.

(2) “Within one working day”, in relation to the service of a copy of a warrant, means within a period of 24 hours, not including any time that is not part of a working day.

15.  To provide and maintain the capability to open, copy and reseal any postal item.

16.—(1) To comply with the other obligations imposed by a technical capability notice in such a manner that the risk of any unauthorised persons becoming aware of any matter within section 57(4) of the Act is minimised, in particular by ensuring that apparatus, systems or other facilities or services, as well as procedures and policies, are developed and maintained in accordance with security standards or guidance specified in the notice.

(2) For the purpose of this paragraph, a person is an unauthorised person in relation to a matter within section 57(4) of the Act if, were the matter disclosed to that person by a person to whom section 57 applies, that disclosure would be an unauthorised disclosure.