Couriers

[Andrew Meredith]

I worked as a motorcycle courier for a while after leaving college and
very seldom knew what was in the packages I carried. Sometimes they were
obviously magnetic tape reels of some sort.

I was told at the time that I should be very careful about packages that
I suspected of being "Dodgy", as they were my responsibility between the
originators signature and the destinaton signature. I heard of several
cases of couriers being had up for drugs offences because of this.

Can I assume that the same would apply to encrypted data tapes if this
Bill becomes law? The courier would of course be completely unable to
supply keys.

Does the "Tipping Off" offence still work if the subject fails to supply
keys. In which case, if the LEAs served notice on a courier and he
failed to supply keys and subsequently told his office about the events,
he would have committed an offence .. yes?

Andy M