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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order appoints 30th September 2003 as the date on which codes of practice issued under section 113(3) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) will come into operation.

The codes of practice are—

(a)

Code of Practice A – the exercise by the Service Police of statutory powers of stop and search;

(b)

Code of Practice B – the exercise by the Service Police of statutory powers for the entry and search of premises and the seizure of property found on persons and premises by the Service Police; and

(c)

the Commanding Officer’s Code of Practice.

As required by section 113(5) of the 1984 Act, drafts of the codes were laid before both Houses of Parliament on 5th September 2003.