Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 10th April 1995 as the date on which revised codes of practice under section 60(1) and section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 will come into operation, superseding codes of practice which have been in operation since 29th July 1988 in the case of the code in connection with tape-recording, and 1st April 1990 in the case of the codes in connection with the matters referred to at (a) to (d) in the list below.

The revised codes of practice are—

(a)

Code of Practice for the Exercise by Police Officers of statutory Powers of stop and Search;

(b)

Code of Practice for the Searching of Premises by Police Officers and the Seizure of Property found by Police Officers on Persons or Premises;

(c)

Code of Practice for the Detention, Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers;

(d)

Code of Practice for the Identification of Persons by Police Officers;

(e)

Code of Practice on Tape Recording.

The codes of practice will be published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office: copies may be obtained from Government bookshops.