Statutory Instruments
2022 No. 1054
Electronic Information
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of Information: Code of Practice) Regulations 2022
Made
12th October 2022
Laid before Parliament
17th October 2022
Coming into force
8th November 2022
The Secretary of States makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 42(6) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (“ the Act ”)( 1 ).
In accordance with section 42(3) of the Act, the Secretary of State in preparing the code of practice has consulted with the persons specified in that subsection and such other persons as she considered appropriate.
In accordance with section 42(5) of the Act, after preparing the code, the Secretary of State laid it before Parliament and published it.
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of Information: Code of Practice) Regulations 2022 and come into force on 8th November 2022.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Code of Practice
2. The code of practice entitled “Extraction of information from electronic devices: Code of Practice” laid before Parliament and published on 17th October 2022 comes into force on 8th November 2022.
Jeremy Quin
Minister of State
Home Office
12th October 2022