Terrorism Act 2000 (Code of Practice on Audio Recording of Interviews) Order 2001

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 19th February as the date on which the code of practice on the audio recording of interviews by police officers of persons detained in a police station under the Terrorism Act 2000 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.

Copies of the code of practice for the Code of Practice for the Audio Recording of Interviews under Schedule 8 of the Terrorism Act 2000 can be obtained from:

The Stationery Office Publication Centre

P.O. Box 276

London SW8 5OT

(mail, telephone and fax orders only)

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