Consultation outcome

Extraction of information from electronic devices: code of practice

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Published
17 May 2022
Last updated
16 March 2023 — See all updates
This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
This consultation has concluded

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Detail of outcome

In 2022, we held a public consultation on the draft code of practice for the extraction of information from electronic devices.

We would like to thank all those who took part in the public consultation: your feedback has been invaluable. The outcome of the public consultation is contained in the government response

Original consultation

Summary

We are consulting on a draft code of practice containing guidance about the powers in sections 37(1) and 41(1) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

This consultation ran from
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Consultation description

This consultation closes at 11:45pm on 19 July 2022

The closing date for this consultation has been extended by one week to 19 July 2022 to allow additional time for interested parties to respond

Under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, the Secretary of State is required to prepare a code of practice containing guidance about the powers in sections 37(1) and 41(1) of the Act.

In preparing the code, the Secretary of State must consult:

(a) the Information Commissioner

(b) the Scottish Ministers

(c) the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland

(d) the Commissioner of Victims and Witnesses

(e) the Domestic Abuse Commissioner

(f) the Commission for Victims and Survivors for Northern Ireland, and

(g) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate

We are taking the opportunity to consult the bodies listed above as well as all who may be affected by these powers.

Following consultation, the Secretary of State will consider any representations made about the draft code. The code will be laid before Parliament before it can come into effect.

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Extraction of information from electronic devices: code of practice

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Addendum - correction to the code of practice

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Updates to this page

Published 17 May 2022
Last updated 16 March 2023 + show all updates

  1. Added an addendum which corrects errors in footnotes 26 and 85 of the code of practice. The footnotes should be ignored.

  2. Welsh version of government response and extraction of information from electronic devices code of practice added.

  3. Consultation response and code of practice added.

  4. Extended the consultation deadline to 19 July 2022.

  5. First published.

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