Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1330
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) Order 2020
Made
9th September 2020
Laid before Parliament
10th September 2020
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”).
The Secretary of State has revised the code of practice prepared under section 23 of the Act, in accordance with section 25(4).
In accordance with section 25 of the Act, the Secretary of State has—
(a) published in draft the revised code of practice;
(b) considered the representations made about the draft; and
(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 2020 and comes into force on 31st December 2020 or the day after the day on which it is approved by resolution of the second House to approve it, whichever is the later.
Appointed day for bringing the revised code of practice into operation
2. The revised code of practice laid before each House of Parliament on 7th September 2020 containing provisions referred to in section 23 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 comes into operation on the same day as this Order comes into force.
Chris Philp
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Ministry of Justice
9th September 2020