The Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Code of Practice) (Northern Ireland) Order 2020

• Citation: S.I. 2020/860
• Sections: 4

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) (Northern Ireland) Order 2020 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Section 2 Video recording with sound

(1) An interview by a constable of a person detained under section 41 of, or Schedule 7 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 must, if the interview takes place in a police station in Northern Ireland, be video recorded with sound.

(2) An interview referred to in paragraph (1) must be video recorded in accordance with the revised code of practice.

(3) In sub-paragraph (2) the “revised code of practice” means the revised code of practice referred to in article 3.

Section 3 Revised Code of Practice

The revised code of practice entitled “Code of practice for video recording with sound of interviews of persons detained under section 41 of, or Schedule 7 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 which take place in a police station in Northern Ireland” and laid before Parliament in draft on 8th June 2020 comes into operation on the day on which this Order comes into force.

Section 4 Revocations

The following Orders are revoked—

(a) the Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording of Interviews) Order 2000 ;

(b) the Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice on Video Recording of Interviews) (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 .