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  Investigatory Powers Bill
  
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  MPs were considering the Investigatory Powers Bill[1]. 
  
  The motion supported by the majority of MPs in this vote was:
  
  :That this House disagrees with the Lords amendments 15B, 15C, 338B, 339B and 339C.
  
  The rejected amendment 15B[2] sought to introduce a new clause titled ''Civil liability for certain other unlawful interceptions'' stating:
   	
  :(1) An interception of a communication is actionable at the suit or instance
  :ofâ
  :(a)    the sender of the communication, or
  :(b)    the recipient, or intended recipient, of the communication,
   	if conditions A to C are met.
  :(2)    Condition A is that the interception is carried out in the United Kingdom.
  :(3)    Condition B is that the communication is intercepted in the course of its transmission, by means of a public telecommunications system.
  :(4)    Condition C is that the interception is carried out without lawful authority.
  :(5)    For the meaning of âinterceptionâ and other key expressions used in this section, see sections 4 to 6.â
  
  
  
  The rejected amendment 15C[2] sought to introduce a new clause titled: ''Interception without lawful authority: awards of costs'' which stated:
   	
  
  :(1)    This section applies whereâ
  
  : 	(a)    a claim is made under section (Civil liability for certain other unlawful interceptions) against a person (âthe defendantâ), or a claim is made for misuse of private information arising from an interception of a communication carried out before the date on which section (Civil liability for certain other unlawful interceptions) comes into force,
  :  (b)    the defendant was a relevant publisher at the material time, and
  :(c)    the claim is related to the publication of news-related material.
  :(2)    If the defendant was a member of an approved regulator at the time when the claim was commenced (or was unable to be a member at that time for reasons beyond the defendantâs control or it would have been unreasonable in the circumstances for the defendant to have been a member at that time), the court must not award costs against the defendant unless satisfied thatâ
  :(a)    the issues raised by the claim could not have been resolved by using an arbitration scheme of the approved regulator, or
  :(b)    it is just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case to award costs against the defendant.
  
  :(3)    If the defendant was not a member of an approved regulator at the time when the claim was commenced (but would have been able to be a member at that time and it would have been reasonable in the circumstances for the defendant to have been a member at that time), the court must award costs against the defendant unless satisfied thatâ
   	
  :(a)    the issues raised by the claim could not have been resolved by using an arbitration scheme of the approved regulator (had the defendant been a member), or
   	
  :(b)   it is just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case to make a different award of costs or make no award of costs.
   	
  
  :(4)    This section is not to be read as limiting any power to make rules of court.
   	
  
  :(5)    This section does not apply until such time as a body is first recognised as an approved regulator.
   	
  
  :(6)    Subsections (1) to (3) shall only apply to a claim issued after this section comes into force.
   	
  
  :(7)    For the purposes of this section âapproved regulatorâ, âmaterial timeâ and ânews-related materialâ shall have the same meaning as in [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/section/42/enacted section 42 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013], and ârelevant publisherâ shall have the same meaning as in [http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2013/22/section/41/enacted section 41 of that Act].â
  
  
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  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2015-16/investigatorypowers.html Parliament's webpage on the Investigatory Powers Bill]
  * [2] [http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/2016-2017/0089/17089.1-4.html Amendment paper published on the 3rd of November 2016]
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