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Law enforcement

The activity, not the authority. Work carried out on behalf of a law enforcement authority is covered as well, including where a private party performs it.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhaving
Payload hash (sha256): b70b2d63ec22c2531647bfd7cc878332768a97516194ee3eb176298a54e2b8ca

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Praxikon, "Law enforcement", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhaving@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 b70b2d63ec22c2531647bfd7cc878332768a97516194ee3eb176298a54e2b8ca

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 1 August 2024
Topics: definitions

Review status: Placed against the official source (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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Source
Official fact on this object, with its locator.
- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(46)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
Via
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Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

What this object states

Official fact

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Article 3(46) defines law enforcement as activities carried out by law enforcement authorities or on their behalf for the prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including safeguarding against and preventing threats to public security.
- Locator: Article 3(46)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

The words "on their behalf" are decisive. A vendor, forensic analysis firm or contracted data specialist working for the police operates inside the law enforcement regime, with the corresponding safeguards and registration duties. Conversely, fraud investigation by an insurer, internal integrity investigations and private security are not law enforcement. Those organisations cannot use the exceptions and fall squarely under the ordinary regime, including the prohibition on real-time remote identification as it applies to them.
- Locator: Article 3(46)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

For each deployment, record whether it falls inside or outside law enforcement, naming the commissioning authority and the contractual documents. Put that qualification in the contract so vendor and client apply the same regime.
- Locator: Article 3(46)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Law enforcement",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhaving@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 b70b2d63ec22c2531647bfd7cc878332768a97516194ee3eb176298a54e2b8ca,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-rechtshandhaving
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-rechtshandhaving&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhaving@1.0.0 (sha256 b70b2d63)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-rechtshandhaving-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Law enforcement},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-rechtshandhaving},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 b70b2d63ec22c2531647bfd7cc878332768a97516194ee3eb176298a54e2b8ca},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-rechtshandhaving},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

CSL JSON

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