Order laid before Parliament under section 77(5) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Statutory Instruments
2015 No.****
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2015
Made
28th January 2015
Laid before Parliament
29th January 2015
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 25(2) of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996( 1 ) (“the Act”).
In accordance with section 25(1) and (2) of the Act, the Secretary of State has—
(a) published in draft a code of practice to replace the code brought into operation on 4th April 2005( 2 );
(b) considered representations made to him about the draft and modified the draft accordingly;
(c) laid the revised code of practice before each House of Parliament.
In accordance with section 77(5) of the Act, this Order was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2015 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of the second House to approve it.
Appointed day for bringing the Code into operation
2. The code of practice laid before each House of Parliament on 28th January 2015 containing provisions referred to in section 23 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (requirement on the Secretary of State to prepare a code of practice) comes into operation on the same day as this Order comes into force.
Mike Penning
Minister of State
Ministry of Justice
28th January 2015
1996 c. 25 . Section 25 is modified in relation to Northern Ireland by paragraph 34 of Schedule 14 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 ( S.I. 2010/976 ).
See S.I. 2005/985 .