The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Code of Practice for the Video Recording with Sound of Post-Charge Questioning) Order 2012

Made: 9th July 2012

Coming into force: 10th July 2012

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order.

1

This Order may be cited as the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Code of Practice for the Video Recording with Sound of Post-Charge Questioning) Order 2012 and shall come into force on the day after it is made.

2

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”, laid before Parliament in draft on 10th May 2012 shall, in so far as it relates to interviews conducted under sections 22 and 23 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008, come into operation on the day on which this Order comes into force.

Signed

James Brokenshire — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State — 9th July 2012

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into force the code of practice for the video recording with sound of interviews held for the purpose of questioning a person after they have been charged with a terrorism, or terrorist connected, offence where such questioning has been authorised by a judge or sheriff in accordance with sections 22 to 23 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008. The code of practice also applies to interviews of persons under section 41 of, and Schedule 7 to, the Terrorism Act 2000[^f00002] and it is brought into force for these purposes by the Terrorism Act 2000 (Video Recording with Sound of Interviews and Associated Codes of Practice) Order 2012[^f00003]. The code of practice applies to interviews conducted in England, Wales and Scotland.

The code of practice may be downloaded from the Home Office website.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2008 c.28.

[^f00002]: 2000 c.11.

[^f00003]: S.I. 2012/1792