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BPA Policy on Cargo & Contraband - Athenian - 11-22-2008 <div align="center]New Scotland Yard issued this announcement this morning: The Ministry of Justice has outlined new measures to deal with incidents of petty theft facilitated by the use of illegal technologies in Bretonia. A law passed by Parliament recently prohibits scanners sold after today from receiving frequencies allocated to the X-band. It is also illegal to modify scanners to receive these frequencies, and also to sell scanners that could be easily modified to do so. An order issued by the Ministry this morning prohibits the use of scanners in any vehicle unless the operator's job requires the use of a scanner in a vehicle (ie, Police, Fire, Utilities, Customs and Excise) or unless holding a license issued by the BPA. In short, the use of cargo scanners to identify the contents of a ship's hold is illegal in Bretonia. While possession of a cargo scanner is not an offense, the general guidelines to follow when using a cargo scanner are that it is illegal to:
Identity scanners may still be sold and used without fear of legal consequence. However it has come to the attention of the Ministry that certain criminal organisations have made unblocked versions available on the black market. The Chief Commissioner refused to comment on the role of commercial interests in creating pressure for the legislation to be passed and dismissed rumours that Kusari spies had been using scanners to gather intelligence on Bretonian defenses. However, a source at the Yard had this to say. Quote:"The legality of cargo scanners has always been controversial. Certain disreputable types use these things all the time to target ships either for direct acts of piracy or they liase with gangs on loading docks who rob the cargo once the ship lands. A partial copy of the Privacy Act of 816AS is available from the Yard. |