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(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Codes A, B, C, D and H and New Code I) Order 2023.
(2) This Order comes into force on 20th December 2023.
(3) This Order extends to England and Wales.
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The following revised codes and new code laid before Parliament together with this Order on 16th October 2023 come into operation on the date on which this Order comes into force—
(a) the revised code in connection with the matters referred to in section 66(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“PACE 1984”) (exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search; police officers and police staff of requirements to record public encounters– Code A);
(b) the revised code in connection with the matters referred to in section 66(1)(c) and (d) of PACE 1984 (searches of premises by police officers and the seizure of property found by police officers on persons or premises – Code B);
(c) the revised code in connection with matters referred to in section 66(1)(b) of PACE 1984 (detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers – Code C);
(d) the revised code in connection with matters referred to in section 66(1)(b) of PACE 1984 (identification of persons by police officers – Code D);
(e) the revised code in connection with matters referred to in section 66(1)(b) of PACE 1984 (detention, treatment and questioning by police officers of persons in police detention under section 41 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Terrorism Act 2000; detention and treatment by police officers of persons in police detention under section 43B of, and Schedule 8 to, the Terrorism Act 2000; treatment and questioning by police officers of detained persons in respect of whom an authorisation to question after charge has been given under Section 22 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 – Code H);
(f) the code in connection with matters referred to in section 66(1)(b) of PACE 1984 (detention, treatment and questioning by police of persons in detention under section 27 of, and Schedule 6 to, the National Security Act 2023 – Code I).
Tom Tugendhat
Minister of State
Home Office
19th December 2023