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Codes of practice |
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Latest codes |
The latest codes
of practice came into force on 1 February 2008. Available in full
here.
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Apply to all police powers |
The codes apply to all powers - in addition to sec1 PACE - with only three
minor exceptions.
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Code of practice A |
Deals with the exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search a
person or a vehicle without first making an arrest.
It also deals with the need for a police officer to make a record of a
stop or encounter.
Code A provides guidance to the police and public on the limits of Stop
and Search powers found in
Section 1 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
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Code of practice B |
Deals with police powers to search premises and to seize and retain
property found on premises and persons. |
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Code of practice C |
The revised code of practice in connection with the detention, treatment
and questioning of persons by police officers (Code C) laid before
Parliament came into operation on 25th July 2006. (not related to
terrorism). |
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Code of practice D |
Concerns the main methods used by the police
to identify people in connection with the investigation of offences and
the keeping of accurate and reliable criminal records.
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Code of practice E |
Deals with the tape recording of interviews
with suspects in the police station.
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Code of practice F |
Deals with the visual recording with sound
of interviews with suspects. There is no statutory requirement on police
officers to visually record interviews. However, the contents of this code
should be considered if an interviewing officer decides to make a visual
recording with sound of an interview with a suspect.
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Code of practice G |
Deals with powers of arrest under section 24 the Police and Criminal
Evidence Act 1984 as amended by section 110 of the Serious Organised Crime
and Police Act 2005. |
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Code of practice H |
The code of practice in connection with the detention, treatment and
questioning by police officers of persons under section 41 of, and
Schedule 8 to, the
Terrorism Act
2000
(Code H) laid before Parliament came into operation on 25th July 2006. |
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Latest codes
31st January 2008 |
These codes make small changes and correct typographical errors.
2006 codes available
here.
2008 codses available here
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Criminal Defence Service Direct (CDS Direct) |
Implementation of recommendations that flow from the Carter Review
into the provision of publicly funded legal advice through the expansion
of Criminal Defence Service Direct (CDS Direct).
The service provides duty solicitor advice by telephone for relatively
straightforward offences such as drink driving, disorderly behaviour or
minor assaults.
The changes extend telephone advice to these categories of cases where the
detainee asks for publicly funded legal advice from their own solicitor.
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Police photographing not at station |
Reflects changes made by the Violent Crime Reduction Act 2006
enabling the police to take a photograph elsewhere than at a police
station of a person given a direction to leave and not return to a
specified location.
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Stop and search - firearms |
Code A, clarifies that the definition of "offensive weapon" under section
1 of PACE (Stop and Search) includes firearms.
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