Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 2685
Police, England And Wales
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Codes A, B, C, E, F and H) Order 2013
Made
16th October 2013
Laid before Parliament
21st October 2013
Coming into force
27th October 2013
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 67(5) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984( 1 ).
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 67(4) of that Act( 2 ).
Citation, commencement and interpretation
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Codes A, B, C, E, F and H) Order 2013, and shall come into force on 27th October 2013.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 .
Revision of codes of practice
2. The revised codes of practice laid before Parliament in connection with the matters referred to in—
(a) section 60(1)(a) of the Act (audio recording of interviews with suspects – Code E);
(b) section 60A(1)(a) of the Act (visual recording with sound interviews with suspects – Code F)( 3 );
(c) section 66(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Act (exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search persons and vehicles without making an arrest – Code A)( 4 );
(d) section 66(1)(b) of the Act (detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers – Codes C and H);
(e) section 66(1)(c) and (d) of the Act (searches of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises – Code B),
shall come into operation on 27th October 2013.
Damian Green
Minister of State
Home Office
16th October 2013
1984 c.60 ; subsections (1) to (7) of section 67 were substituted by section 11(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44) .
Section 67(4)(a) and (b) was substituted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48.) Subsequently section 67(4)(a), (aa) and (ab) was substituted for section 67(4)(a) by paragraphs 160, and 163(1) and (2) of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13.)
Section 60A was inserted by section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) .
Section 66(1) is numbered as such by virtue of section 57(1) and (4) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c.43) . Section 66(1)(a)(i) was amended by sections 110(3)(a) and 174(2) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) .