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PACE Code A (2023)

PACE Code of Practice (SI 2023/1422) · issued under s.66 PACE 1984

A Code of Practice issued under section 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; admissible in evidence in criminal and civil proceedings and relevant to any question of admissibility under section 67(11) PACE 1984.
1.0 General2 Types of Stop and Search Powers3 Conduct of searches4 Recording requirements5 Monitoring and supervising the use of stop and search powersAnnex A: Summary of main stop and search powers to which code a appliesAnnex B: Self-defined ethnic classification categoriesAnnex C: Summary of powers of community support officers to search and seizeAnnex D: DeletedAnnex E: Deleted.Annex F: establishing gender of persons for the purpose of searchingAnnex G: Searches under section 342e of the sentencing code in relation to offenders subject to a serious violence reduction order (SVRO).

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    Last checked: 2023-12-20
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