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PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF TERRORISM
Made
30th November 2000
Coming into force
19th February 2001
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 123(4)(j) of the Terrorism Act 2000 ("the 2000 Act")(1) and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred upon him by paragraph 3(2)(b), (3) and (4)(b) of Schedule 8 to the 2000 Act, hereby makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Terrorism Act 2000 (Video recording of interviews) Order 2000 and shall come into force on 19th February 2001.
2. Any interview by a constable of a person detained under Schedule 7 to or section 41 of the 2000 Act which takes place in Northern Ireland in a police station (within the meaning of paragraph 1(2) of Schedule 8 to the 2000 Act) shall be video recorded.
3. The video recording made in accordance with Article 2 above shall be with sound.
4. The interviews and video recording referred to in Article 2 above shall be conducted in accordance with the code of practice made by the Secretary of State under paragraphs 3(4)(a) and 4(4) of Schedule 8 to the 2000 Act.
Peter Mandelson
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office30th November 2000
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order requires interviews of persons detained under Schedule 7 (Port and Border Controls) or section 41 (arrest without warrant of a person reasonably suspected of being a terrorist) of the Terrorism Act 2000 which are conducted by a police constable at a police station in Northern Ireland to be video recorded, and that the video recording should be with sound. "Police station" includes any place which the Secretary of State has 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. The Order also requires the interviews and video recording to be conducted in accordance with a code of practice made for the purpose by the Secretary of State under paragraphs 3(4)(a) and 4(4) of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000.