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Code of practice for examining officers and review officers under schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000

Code of practice for examining officers who exercise powers under schedule 7 (port and border controls) of the Terrorism Act 2000.

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This code of practice includes information on:

  • who the code is for
  • training and use of the powers
  • examination of persons under schedule 7
  • identifying persons for examination
  • detaining a person
  • establishing identity
  • examination of goods and where this may take place
  • where to direct complaints

Annex A includes a Notice of Detention under Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000. This was updated on 25 September 2019 and you should use the new version as shown in Home Office Circular 008/2019.

Annex B includes information on training and accreditation of examining officers and review officers under schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000.

You must also read Home Office circular 001/2016 with this code of practice. Until a revised code of practice is published, this circular provides guidance to how paragraphs 18 and 19 of the code should be read.

This code of practice is issued under paragraph 6 of Schedule 14 to the Terrorism Act 2000. The code was amended in March 2015 to reflect the clarifications made to Schedule 7 under the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015.

Updates to this page

Published 25 March 2015
Last updated 25 September 2019 show all updates
  1. The Notice of Detention has been revised.

  2. Added link to Home Office circular 001/2016.

  3. First published.

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