Revised version of the draft Code of Practice for RIPA Part III - Investigation of Protected Electronic Information
There is now a week to submit any final comments on this revised version of the draft Code of Practice for RIPA Part III - Investigation of Protected Electronic Information:
2007-02-14 RIPA Part III Post Consultation version2 (.pdf 230Kb)
Thursday 15th February 2007Please find attached a revised version of the draft Code of Practice for
RIPA Part III - Investigation of Protected Electronic Information, which
takes into account responses and comments received during the public
consultation.Changes to the draft published for consultation are highlighted with
deletions from that text noted in the margins.Any final comments you may have should be sent to
encryption@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk
no later than Thursday 22nd February 2007.
Subject to Ministers agreement the draft Code of Practice will then be laid
before Parliament.Covert Investigation Policy Team
Home Office
Crime Reduction and Community Safety Group
Room P5.37
Peel Building
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
The biggest change seems to be to make the National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC), into a Single Point of Contact to act as the filter and guardian of any RIPA Part III requests - a sensible idea.
It was revealed to Parliament October 2006, that NTAC has been moved organisationally, if not yet physically, from the Home Office under MI5 to the Foreign Office under GCHQ, effective from April 2006.
See "National Technical Assistance Centre (NTAC) subsumed into GCHQ in April 2006 ?"
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