60 Code of practice relating to non-criminal hate incidents

Non-criminal hate incidents

60  Code of practice relating to non-criminal hate incidents

(1)     The Secretary of State may issue a code of practice about the processing by a relevant person of personal data relating to a hate incident.

(2)     In this section “hate incident” means an incident or alleged incident which involves or is alleged to involve an act by a person (“the alleged perpetrator”) which is perceived by a person other than the alleged perpetrator to be motivated (wholly or partly) by hostility or prejudice towards persons with a particular characteristic.

(3)     The provision that may be made by a code of practice under this section includes, in particular, provision about—

(a)     whether and how personal data relating to a hate incident should

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