No. 25] Interception of Communications 513 in a secure manner, and any records of such key are destroyed as soon as no longer needed to access the information or put it in an intelligible form; and (c) the number of: (i) persons to whom the key is disclosed or otherwise made available; and (ii) copies made of the key; is limited to the minimum that is necessary for the purpose of enabling the protected information to be accessed or put into an intelligible form. (7) Subject to subsection (8) of this section, where any relevant person incurs any loss or damage as a consequence of a breach by a person referred to in subsection (6) of the duty imposed upon him by that subsection, the breach shall be actionable against the person referred to in subsection (6) at the suit or instance of the relevant person. (8) A person is a relevant person for the purposes of subsection (7) if he is: (a) a person who has made a disclosure in pursuance of a disclosure order made under section 14; or (b) aperson whose protected information, traffic data, or key has been disclosed pursuant to a disclosure order made under section 14; and loss or damage shall be taken into account for the purposes of section 14 to the extent only that it relates to the disclosure of a particular protected information, traffic data or a particular key which, in the case of a person falling within paragraph (b), shall be his information or key.

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