Explanatory note

This Order appoints 18th April 2003 as the date on which the revised code of practice on the video recording with sound of interviews by police officers of persons detained in a police station in Northern Ireland under the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) comes into operation. “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 revised code supersedes the code of practice brought into force on 19th February 2001 by The Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice on Video Recording of Interviews) (Northern Ireland) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/402).

Copies of the revised code of practice can be obtained (on payment of a fee) from:

• The Stationery Office

• 16 Arthur Street

• Belfast

• Northern Ireland

• BT1 4GD