Part 2: Lawful interception of communications Chapter 2: Other forms of lawful interception Section 52: Interception in accordance with overseas requests
This section deals with the issue of interception when a request is made from overseas.
	Subsections (2) to (5) set out the conditions which need to be met in order that a telecommunications or postal operator may intercept the communications of an individual, at the request of another country. This includes that the individual about whom information is being sought is outside the UK or that the person making the request and the person carrying out the interception believe that the individual is outside of the UK. Further conditions may be contained in regulations made by the Secretary of State.