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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