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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110493567",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 67(7A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nPOLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 2004\nComing into force 1st August 2004\nWhereas the Secretary of State:\n(1) has, in pursuance of sections 60(1)(a), 60A(1)(a) and 66(1)(a) to (d) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“the Act”), issued codes of practice in connection with the:\n(a) exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search;\n(b) searching of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises;\n(c) detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers;\n(d) identification of persons by police officers;\n(e) tape recording of interviews with suspects; and\n(f) visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects;\n(2) may, under section 67(2) of the Act, revise the whole or any part of a code;\n(3) has consulted in accordance with section 67(4) of the Act; and\n(4) has, in accordance with section 67(7B) of the Act, laid each revised code of practice before Parliament;\nAnd whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 67(5) and (7D) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 60; section 60A was inserted by section 76(1) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 67(1) to (7D) was substituted by section 11 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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