Article 2 Revision of codes of practice

The revised codes of practice laid before Parliament on 12th December 2007 in connection with the matters referred to in—

(a)

section 60(1)(a) of the Act (tape recording of interviews with suspects – Code E);

(b)

section 66(1)(a) of the Act (exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search – Code A)^f1;

(c)

section 66(1)(b) of the Act—

(i)

(detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers – Code C); and

(ii)

(identification of persons by police officers – Code D);

(d)

section 66(1)(c) and (d) of the Act (searching of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises – Code B);

shall come into operation on 1st February 2008.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Section 66 is numbered as such by virtue of section 57(1) and (4) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000, section 66(1)(a)(i) was amended by sections 110(3)(a), 174(2) and Schedule 17, Part 2 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) and section 66(1)(a)(iii) was amended by section 110(3)(b) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2003.