Part 2: Prevention, investigation and prosecution of crime Chapter 4: Other provisions Section 60: Code of practice relating to non-Criminal hate incidents
Subsection (1) provides the Home Secretary with a power to publish a Code of Practice about the police’s processing of personal data in non-crime hate incident (NCHI) records.
	Subsection (2) defines the term "hate incident". A hate incident is defined as "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 towards someone with a particular characteristic."
	Subsection (3) provides that the Code may include provisions on:
whether and how personal data relating to a hate incident should be recorded;
who can process this personal data;
whether and when an individual should be notified that their data will be processed;
how long this personal data can be retained for; and
the consideration by relevant police officers and police staff of any request made by those about whom the data relates (e.g. if a subject about whom data is stored makes a request for the data to be corrected or deleted, the Code might address what the police should do in those circumstances).
	Subsection (4) provides that where the police are carrying out investigations with a view to there being a prosecution, or where they assess a prosecution is likely, the Code will not apply.
	Subsection (5) provides that the Code may cover provisions other than those mentioned above.
	Subsection (6) provides that when the Code is in force, relevant individuals involved in the processing of data relating to hate incidents must have regard to the Code.
	Subsection (7) provides the definitions of "data subject", "personal data" and "processing" by referring the reader to the Data Protection Act 2018.
	Subsection (8) defines "relevant persons", the definition includes police officers, police staff and National Crime Agency officers.