Because it is not core to the Council's //regulatory// function?
I run a business. I'd like the power to run intrusive surveillance on a
customer suspected of fraud .. that's a crime but does RIPA allow that?
No. So why should a public authority have special powers for functions
which are not core to a regulatory function?
It seems to me that the Tribunal has provided a welcome clarification on
the scope of RIPA, which as you recall there were great 1984 concerns at
the time it was passed.
Bear in mind that unlike the USA and other countries, there's no
judicial oversight on the wiretapping, bugging etc powers in RIPA,
simply a system of self-control by the executive branch which presumably
makes RIPA compliant with Art. 8
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