RIP

[Owen Blacker]

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Looking good (but I've only skim read, not analyzed)

This one caught my attention:

<BQ>
BY THE EARL OF NORTHESK   
164A
Leave out Clause 47 and insert the following new Clause-- 
  
      ("  .--(1)  A person shall not require the disclosure of a key
unless he believes on reasonable grounds-- 
(a)  that there are exceptional circumstances of the case which mean
that the purposes for which it was believed necessary to impose the
requirement in question would be defeated, in whole or part, if the
direction were not given;
(b)  that the seriousness of the suspected offence warrants it;
(c)  that there are reasonable grounds for belief that the decrypted
text of the protected information would not be provided in an accurate
form; and
(d)  that the giving of the direction is proportionate, taking into
account the consequences of such disclosure, to what is sought to be
achieved by requiring disclosure of the key itself.
    (2)  A person may require disclosure of a key if the recipient of
a valid section 46 notice has not, within the time specified in the
notice, provided the protected information in intelligible form.") 
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Thus removing GAK in all but the "life or death" cases the HO insists
do exist (and upon which I shall reserve judgment... :o)


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Owen Blacker
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Subject: FW: RIP
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