Policy paper

Draft revised Interception of communications code of practice 2022

Outlines changes in the draft revised code around the interception procedures public authorities and postal and telecommunications operators should follow.

• From: Home Office
• Published: 19 October 2022
• Last updated: 1 March 2023 — See all updates

This was published under the 2022 Truss Conservative government

Documents

Interception of Communications: draft revised code of practice, October 2022 (accessible)

Ref: ISBN 978-1-5286-3706-0, E02803918 10/22

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Interception of Communications: draft revised code of practice, October 2022

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Interception of Communications: draft revised code of practice, October 2022 (print version)

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Details

The Interception of Communications code of practice has been revised to reflect the government’s position on cloud-service providers and enterprise services following a public consultation that ended in September 2022.

The proposed changes to the Interception code of practice provide clarity around the circumstances in which an intercepting authority should serve a warrant on either the cloud-service provider or the enterprise service.

This draft revised code was laid before Parliament on 19 October 2022 and will come into force once it has been debated and approved by both Houses of Parliament.

Published 19 October 2022
Last updated 1 March 2023 + show all updates

1. 1 March 2023

   Added accessible version of code of practice.

2. 19 October 2022

   First published.