Explanatory note

This Order appoints 1st January 1990 as the date on which a code of practice made under section 113(3) and (4)(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 will come into force.

As required by s.113(5) of that Act, a draft of the code (which concerns the tape-recording of interviews) has been laid before both Houses of Parliament, and this was done on 19th October 1989.

Other codes of practice, made under section 113(3) of that Act, were brought into force by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice (Armed Forces) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/307).