Policy paper

PACE Code A 2011

Code of practice for the statuary power of stop and search and requirements to record public encounters by police officers and staff.

• From: Home Office and The Rt Hon Lord Herbert of South Downs CBE PC
• Published: 21 February 2011

This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Documents

PACE Code A 2011

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Details

This version of PACE Code A was in force from 7 March 2011 to 26 October 2013.

Code A deals with the exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search a person or a vehicle without first making an arrest. It also deals with the need for a police officer to make a record of a stop or encounter.

Published 21 February 2011