The Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) Order 2012

• Citation: S.I. 2012/1792
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) Order 2012 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.

Section 2 Video recording with sound

(1) Any interview by a constable of a person detained under section 41 of, or Schedule 7 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 shall, if the interview takes place in a police station in England, Wales or Scotland, be video recorded with sound in accordance with the code of practice referred to in article 3.

(2) In paragraph (1) “police station” includes a place designated under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 as a place where a person may be detained under section 41 of that Act.

Section 3 Code of practice

The code of practice entitled “Code of Practice for the Video Recording with Sound of Interviews of Persons Detained under Section 41 of, or Schedule 7 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 and Post Charge Questioning of Persons Authorised under Sections 22 or 23 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008” and laid before Parliament in draft on 10 th May 2012 shall, in so far as it relates to interviews to which article 2 of this Order applies, come into operation on the day on which this Order comes into force.