The Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers) Order 2015

Made: 24th March 2015

Coming into force in accordance with article 1

Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order—

Citation and Commencement

1

This Order may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers) Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Revised code of practice

2

The code of practice entitled “Code of Practice for Examining Officers and Review Officers under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000” and laid before Parliament in draft on 27th February 2015 shall come into operation on the day on which this Order comes into force.

Exercise of functions at the time of coming into operation

3

The code of practice referred to in article 2 applies to the exercise of a function under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 by a person exercising functions as an examining officer for the purpose of Schedule 7 to that Act, after the code comes into operation, notwithstanding that the person may have started to exercise the function before it comes into operation.

Signed

James Brokenshire — Minister of State — 24th March 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings into operation the revised code of practice (“the Code”) issued under paragraph 6(1) and (4) of Schedule 14 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (“the Act”) in connection with the exercise by examining officers of functions conferred on them by the Act. The Code revises the preceding code of practice to take account of amendments made to paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Act, and to other relevant enactments, by the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015. These amendments make express provision for the locations in which the power to examine goods under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 may be exercised, as well as putting beyond doubt that the power may be exercised in respect of postal items.

Article 3 of the Order provides that where a person begins exercising any function under paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Act before the Code comes into operation and continues to exercise the function after the Code has come into operation, then the Code is applicable to the exercise of that function from the time it comes into force.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2000 c.11; relevant amendments to Schedule 7 to the Act were made by paragraph 1 of Schedule 8 to the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015 (c.6).

[^f00002]: The code of practice was previously brought into operation on 19th February 2001 in accordance with S.I. 2001/427 and revised codes of practice were brought into operation on 2nd July 2009 in accordance with S.I. 2009/1593 and on 31st July 2014 in accordance with S.I. 2014/1838.