"The new warrant will authorise interception to and from all the addresses listed in the warrant," he said. This requirement was said to have resulted in the need to issue several warrants, in cases where targeted individuals changed telephone numbers frequently, subsequent to the issuing of the warrant, and new applications had to be authorised by the court. This effectively deals with the complaint from the security forces that the original Act hampered the effectiveness of the process as, under the previous provisions, the warrant was limited to only those addresses (defined in the Act as a location, telephone number, e-mail address or other number that can be used to identify a telecommunications network or apparatus) listed in relation to a specific person or address. But the amendment allowed for the warrant to authorise wiretapping to and from one or more addresses of a particular person, or a particular number of premises. He noted that the security forces could only carry out the interceptions with the authorisation of a judge of the Supreme Court. Opening the debate, Attorney-General and Justice Minister AJ Nicholson said that the bill was an "effective and essential weapon in the armoury of law enforcement". The companies will also have to disclose to authorised officers technical information requested to investigate or prosecute criminal offences. The bill empowers the minister to make regulations prescribing minimum requirements for securing compliance and the apportionment and recovery of the costs of compliance, or of providing information, facilities or technical assistance. They can recover "resonable" costs, as long as it is approved by the Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR), subsequently. The bill also places an obligation on telecommunications service providers to assume the cost of establishing and maintaining the capacity of their networks to intercept calls, pursuant to a warrant. The Senate passed the Interception of Communications or "wiretap" Act Friday, giving the police and the military increased powers to tap the telephones of individuals suspected or accused of criminal involvement.Īlthough the Act requires that a judge in chamber must approve the interception of information, the commissioner of police or the chief of staff of the Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) can now authorise the tapping of additional telephones, without prior court approval, as long as a warrant had already been approved for the individual, and as long as an application is made to the court for approval within seven days of the action.
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