2012 No. 376
Police
The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes C, E, F and H) Order 2012
Made 11th October 2012
Coming into operation 22nd November 2012
The Department of Justice has, in pursuance of Articles 60, 60A, 65 and 66(6) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, prepared and published draft codes of practice in connection with:
S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12). Article 60A was inserted by section 72 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (c.32) and amended by Article 29 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)). Article 65 was amended by Article 37 of that Order. Article 4(1) of and paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976) transferred the order-making powers of the Secretary of State to the Department of Justice.
(a) the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers (Code C);
(b) the audio recording of interviews with suspects (Code E);
(c) the visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects (Code F); and
(d) the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers under section 41 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 (Code H);
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and has considered representations made in accordance with Article 66(1) of that Order.
In pursuance of Article 66(3) of that Order the Department of Justice has laid a draft of each code of practice before the Assembly.
The Department of Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 66(4) of that Order, makes the following Order—