The Interception of Communications Commissioner was a regulatory official in the United Kingdom, appointed under section 57 of the

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, and previously under section 8 of the

Interception of Communications Act 1985 The Interception of Communications Act 1985 (1985 c. 56) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It came into operation as of 10 April 1986. The Act created the offence of unlawfully intercepting communications sent by post or by a "pub ...

. The Interception of Communications Commissioner ensured that government agencies acted in accordance with their legal responsibilities when intercepting communications. The Commissioner also reviewed the role of the

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in issuing interception warrants. The Interception of Communications Commissioner has been replaced by the

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by the

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Commissioners

*1985–1992: Sir Anthony Lloyd *1992–1994: Sir Thomas Bingham *1994–2000:

Lord Nolan Michael Patrick Nolan, Baron Nolan, (10 September 1928 – 22 January 2007) was a judge in the United Kingdom, and from 1994 until 1997 was the first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. In the words of his obituary in ''The ...

*2000–2006: Sir Swinton Thomas *2006–2012: Sir Paul Kennedy *2013–2015: Sir Anthony May **Sir Paul Kennedy served as interim Interception of Communications Commissioner during Sir Anthony May's absence July through December 2014. *2015–2017: Sir Stanley Burnton

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