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The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Code A) (No. 2) Order 2008

Sunday 21 December 2008 at 10:43 am | In News | Post Comment

This Order brings into operation on 1 January 2009 the revision of paragraph 4 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Code of Practice.

It regulates the exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search and police officers and police staff of requiremen

ts to record public encounters (“PACE Code A”).

The Order also brings into operation the clarification in paragraphs 2.2 and 2.3 of Code A regarding reasonable suspicion not being based on single factors alone.

Paragraphs 4.10A and 4.10B of PACE Code A are also amended to clarify the position on providing receipts for stops and searches.

The revision of paragraph 4 of PACE Code A (recording requirements including recording of encounters not governed by statutory powers), together with the consequential deletion of Annexes D and E will mean that constables will no longer be required to record all encounters not governed by statutory powers.

The constables will only need to record information on the ethnicity of a person whois the subject of such an encounter. A receipt will also be made available to the person.