# The Courts (Prescribed Recordings) Order 2023, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348250114/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-courts-prescribed-recordings-order-2023/article-9
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