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Section 66 Codes of practice.C1C2C3

England and Wales

The Secretary of State shall issue codes of practice in connection with—

(a)

the exercise by police officers of statutory powers—

(i)

to search a person without first arresting him; F1. . .

(ii)

to search a vehicle without making an arrest;F2 or

(iii)

to arrest a person;

(b)

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

(c)

searches of premises by police officers; and

(d)

the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises.

F3(2)

Codes shall (in particular) include provision in connection with the exercise by police officers of powers under section 63B above.

F4(3)

Nothing in this section requires the Secretary of State to issue a code of practice in relation to any matter falling within the code of practice issued under section 47AB(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000 (as that code is altered or replaced from time to time) (code of practice in relation to terrorism powers to search persons and vehicles and to stop and search in specified locations).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 66: "in subsection (1)(a)" word at the end of sub-paragraph (i) repealed (1.1.2006) by virtue of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 110(3)(a), 178, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)(t)(u)(xxiv)

F2

S. 66: "in subsection (1)(a)" sub-paragraph (ii) and word inserted (1.1.2006) by virtue of Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 110(3)(b), 178; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(m)

F3

S. 66(2) inserted "at the end of s. 66" (for certain purposes on 20.6.2001, 2.7.2001, 20.5.2002, 2.9.2002, 1.4.2003, 1.4.2004, 1.4.2005 and otherwise 1.12.2005) by virtue of 2000 c. 43, ss. 57(3)(a), 80(1); S.I. 2001/2232, art. 2(f); S.I. 2002/1149, art. 2; S.I. 2002/1862, art. 2; S.I. 2003/709, art. 2; S.I. 2004/780, art. 2; S.I. 2005/596, art. 2; S.I. 2005/3054, art. 2

F4

S. 66(3) inserted (10.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 21 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/1205, art. 4(k)

Modifications

C1

S. 66 modified (18.3.2011) by Terrorism Act 2000 (Remedial) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/631), art. 1, Sch. 2 paras. 1, 2 (with art. 6)

C2

S. 66 applied (with modifications) (4.11.2015) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Revenue and Customs) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1783), arts. 1, 3(1), Sch. 1 (with art. 3(2), (3), 4-19, Sch. 2)

C3

S. 66 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2018) by The Welsh Revenue Authority (Powers to Investigate Criminal Offences) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/400), regs. 1(2), 3(1)(3), Sch. (with regs. 4-8)