Charged for failing to comply with a Section 49 Notice (RIPA Part 3)

Nicholas Bohm ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Thu, 22 May 2008 16:47:51 +0100


David Hansen wrote:
> On 22 May 2008 at 14:39, Nicholas Bohm wrote:
> 
>> It's not an abuse of process in the legal sense,
> 
> I don't recall RIP being touted as being retrospective, though it is 
> quite pososble that the rascals in Westminster and the officals who 
> pull their strings failed to mention this. In the absence of that it 
> seems to me that this outrageous law can only apply to things stolen 
> after the First of October 2007, but I am often wrong.

I haven't looked at this point, but in any case if the notice was given 
after the relevant date, it presumably applies to a key in the 
possession of the recipient of the notice immediately before it was given.

Nicholas
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