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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st February 1997 as the date on which revised codes of practice issued under section 113(3) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 will come into operation.

The revised codes of practice are—

(a)

Code of Practice for the Treatment and Questioning of Persons by the Service Police;

(b)

Code of Practice for the Identification of Persons Suspected of Offences under the Service Discipline Acts;

(c)

Code of Practice for the Tape Recording of Service Police Interviews with Suspects.

This Order revokes the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice (Armed Forces) Order 1986 and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice (Armed Forces) Order 1989 which brought into operation the previous codes.

As required by section 113(5) of the 1984 Act, drafts of the codes were laid before both Houses of Parliament on 13th December 1996.