Article 9 Recording – bodyworn cameras: further conditions

(1)

Recording is by a person to whom paragraph (2) or (3) applies, and subject to the restrictions applicable to recording by such a person by virtue of paragraphs (4) and (5).

(2)

This paragraph applies to—

(a)

Custody Officers;

(b)

uniformed police officers.

(3)

This paragraph applies to court and tribunal security staff.

(4)

Recording by a person to whom paragraph (2) applies is—

(a)

in one of the following areas of the building or its precincts—

(i)

holding cells;

(ii)

custody suites;

(iii)

vehicle dock areas;

(iv)

courtrooms (including dock areas);

(v)

any area outside the building but within its precincts; and

(b)

either—

(i)

by a bodyworn camera which is switched on in response to a security alert, and only for as long as the security alert continues; or

(ii)

by a bodyworn camera which is switched on in response to the escape, or report of the escape, of a prisoner, and only while in search or pursuit of that prisoner.

(5)

Recording by a person to whom paragraph (3) applies is—

(a)

in one of the following areas of the building or its precincts—

(i)

courtrooms (including dock areas);

(ii)

areas within the building, other than courtrooms, to which the public have access;

(iii)

areas within the building to which the public do not have access but to which court staff or members of the judiciary have access;

(iv)

any area outside the building but within its precincts; and

(b)

by a bodyworn camera which is switched on in response to a security alert, and only for as long as the security alert continues.