Introductory text

POLICE

Approved by both Houses of Parliament

Made 27th January 1995

Laid before Parliament 30th January 1995

Coming into force 10th April 1995

Whereas:

(1)

In pursuance of section 60(1)(a) and section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984^f1 the Secretary of State issued codes of parctice^f2 in connection with the following matters—

(a)

the exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search;

(b)

the searching of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises;

(c)

the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers;

(d)

the identification of persons by police officers; and

(e)

the tape recording of interviews of persons suspected of the commission of criminal offences which are held by police officers at police stations,

and may in pursuance of section 67(7) of that Act revise the whole or part of such a code of practice and issue a revised code:

(2)

in pursuance of section 67(1) of that Act the Secretary of State has prepared and published draft revised codes of practice in connection with the said matters and has considered representations made to him thereon and modified the draft revised codes of practice accordingly:

(3)

in pursuance of section 67(3) of that Act the Secretary of State has laid a draft of each revised code of practice before both Houses of Parliament:

Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67 of the said Act of 1984, hereby orders as follows:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c. 60.
f2: The codes of practice were brought into operation by S.I. 1985/1937, revoked by S.I. 1990/2580, and S.I. 1988/1200.