The Courts (Prescribed Recordings) Order 2023

Recording – bodyworn cameras: further conditions

9.—(1) Recording is by a person to whom paragraph (2) or (3) applies, and subject to the restrictions applicable to recording by such a person by virtue of paragraphs (4) and (5).

(2) This paragraph applies to—

(a) Custody Officers;

(b) uniformed police officers.

(3) This paragraph applies to court and tribunal security staff.

(4) Recording by a person to whom paragraph (2) applies is—

(a) in one of the following areas of the building or its precincts—

(i) holding cells;

(ii) custody suites;

(iii) vehicle dock areas;

(iv) courtrooms (including dock areas);

(v) any area outside the building but within its precincts; and

(b) either—

(i) by a bodyworn camera which is switched on in response to a security alert, and only for as long as the security alert continues; or

(ii) by a bodyworn camera which is switched on in response to the escape, or report of the escape, of a prisoner, and only while in search or pursuit of that prisoner.

(5) Recording by a person to whom paragraph (3) applies is—

(a) in one of the following areas of the building or its precincts—

(i) courtrooms (including dock areas);

(ii) areas within the building, other than courtrooms, to which the public have access;

(iii) areas within the building to which the public do not have access but to which court staff or members of the judiciary have access;

(iv) any area outside the building but within its precincts; and

(b) by a bodyworn camera which is switched on in response to a security alert, and only for as long as the security alert continues.