In message <[log in to unmask]>, at
18:19:40 on Tue, 13 Jun 2006, Kevin Broadfoot
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>I seem to recall that the 1984 Telecommunications Act makes it an offence
>to send a message that is offensive or obscene (so potentially a crime
>enabling the derogation to be employed if it isn't alrady for public
>morals purposes) and although it might be stretching it a bit, the test in
>the 1959 Obscene Publications Act for what is obscene is based on the
>effect on the person receiving the communication/article.
The current rule is in the Communications Act 2003 which makes an
offence of sending a message ... that is grossly offensive, indecent,
obscene or menacing in character via the public telecommunication system
or sending a false message for the purpose of causing annoyance,
inconvenience or needless anxiety...
There's also the The Malicious Communications Act 1988 Section 1 as
amended by the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 Section 43 which
deals with (amongst other things) sending a communication with *intent*
to cause distress or anxiety. [My emphasis].
--
Roland Perry
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