http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/section/117Coroners and Justice Act 2009An Act to amend the law relating to coroners, to investigation of deaths and to certification and registration of deaths; to amend the criminal law; to make provision about criminal justice and about dealing with offenders; to make provision about the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses; to make provision relating to the security of court and other buildings; to make provision about legal aid and about payments for legal services provided in connection with employment matters; to make provision for payments to be made by offenders in respect of benefits derived from the exploitation of material pertaining to offences; to amend the Data Protection Act 1998; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-23Expert Participation2026-03-22 Coroners and Justice Act 2009s. 31ACrime and Policing Act 2026s. 247(1)s. 255(1) Part 3 Chapter 51171Section 36 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11) (review of terrorism legislation) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).2After subsection (2) insert—2AA review under subsection (2) may, in particular, consider whether—athe requirements imposed by or under Part 1 or 2, or paragraph 37, of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (detention of suspected terrorists), andbthe requirements imposed by any relevant code of practice under section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 or Article 65 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)),have been complied with in relation to persons detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000 pursuant to a warrant of further detention issued under Part 3 of Schedule 8 to that Act.3In subsection (3) for “That person” substitute “ The person appointed under subsection (1) ”.4Section 51 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) (independent custody visitors for places of detention) is amended in accordance with subsections (5) to (8).5After subsection (1) insert—1AEvery police authority must ensure—athat the arrangements made by it require independent custody visitors to prepare and submit to it a report of any visit made under the arrangements to a suspected terrorist detainee, andbthat a copy of any report submitted under paragraph (a) is given to the person appointed under section 36(1) of the Terrorism Act 2006 (independent reviewer of terrorism legislation).6In subsection (3), after paragraph (b) insert—bain relation to suspected terrorist detainees, to listen to the audio recordings and view the video recordings (with or without sound) of interviews with those detainees which have taken place during their detention there and which were conducted by a constable;.7After that subsection insert—3AThe arrangements may include provision for access to the whole or part of an audio or video recording of an interview of the kind mentioned in subsection (3)(ba) to be denied to independent custody visitors if—ait appears to an officer of or above the rank of inspector that there are grounds for denying access at the time it is requested;bthe grounds are grounds specified for the purposes of paragraph (a) in the arrangements; andcthe procedural requirements imposed by the arrangements in relation to a denial of access to such recordings are complied with.3BGrounds are not to be specified in any arrangements for the purposes of subsection (3A)(a) unless they are grounds for the time being set out for the purposes of this subsection in the code of practice issued by the Secretary of State under subsection (6).8For subsection (10) substitute—10In this section—“detainee”, in relation to arrangements made under this section, means a person detained in a police station in the police area of the police authority;“suspected terrorist detainee” means a detainee detained under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000.S. 117(1)-(3) in force at 7.8.2012 by S.I. 2012/1810, art. 2S. 117(4)-(8) in force at 22.4.2013 by S.I. 2013/705, art. 2