{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-code-of-practice-for-surveillance-camera-systems-and-specification-of-relevant-authorities-order-2013/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-code-of-practice-for-surveillance-camera-systems-and-specification-of-relevant-authorities-order-2013/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1961",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Code of Practice for Surveillance Camera Systems and Specification of Relevant Authorities) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-code-of-practice-for-surveillance-camera-systems-and-specification-of-relevant-authorities-order-2013",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force a Code of Practice for surveillance camera systems, which the Secretary of State is required to prepare, pursuant to section 29(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012. The purpose of this Code is to set out guidance about the use of surveillance camera systems, and the use of images or information obtained by virtue of such systems.\nRelevant authorities, as defined in section 33(5) of the 2012 Act, will be under a statutory duty to have regard to this Code when exercising any functions to which this Code relates. Article 3 of this Order adds various specified persons to the list of relevant authorities that will be obliged to have regard to the Code.\nPursuant to section 32(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012, the Secretary of State will arrange for this Code to be published. The Code of Practice will also be available on the Home Office website. A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for this Order as no impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1961/note",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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