Explanatory note

Regulation 2 brings into operation a code of practice about the video recording of interviews of persons detained under section 27 of the National Security Act 2023 (c. 32) (“the 2023 Act”) that are carried out in a police station by a constable (“the code of practice”). “Police station” includes any place that the Secretary of State has designated under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to the 2023 Act as a place where people may be detained under section 27 of that Act.

Regulation 3 requires that any interview in a police station by a constable of a person detained under section 27 of the 2023 Act must be video recorded with sound in accordance with the code of practice.

The code of practice was laid before Parliament on 16th October 2023 and is available on the gov.uk website. Impact assessments have been prepared in relation to the 2023 Act and are available on the 2023 Act page of the .gov.uk website. Printed copies of the impact assessments and the code of practice can be obtained by writing to the State Threats Unit, Homeland Security Group at the Home Office, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF.