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Code of practice for statutory powers of stop and search and requirements to record public encounters by police officers and staff.
Code of practice on audio recording interviews with suspects.
Requirements for the detention, treatment and questioning of suspects not related to terrorism in police custody.
Code of practice for the exercise by police of statutory powers of entry, search and seizure.
Revised code of practice in connection with detention, treatment and questioning by police officers under the Terrorism Act 2000.
Revised code of practice for the statutory power of arrest by police officers.
Code of practice for the exercise by police of statutory powers to identify persons.
Code of practice on visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects.
This consultation concerns proposed changes to PACE Code E.
This draft version of code A is being circulated for consultation in accordance with section 67(4) of PACE.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Consultation on proposed changes to PACE code A, which concerns police powers to stop and search suspects.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
Statutory consultation on the revision of PACE codes C (detention), H (detention – terrorism), E (audio recording of suspect interviews) and F (visual recording of suspect interviews).
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Statutory consultation on the revision of PACE Codes C (Detention) and E (Audio recording of interviews with suspects).
Consultation on proposed changes to PACE codes C, D and H which concern the rights of a suspect in police custody.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Statutory consultation on the revision of PACE Codes C (detention) and H (detention – terrorism).
Public consultation on the draft interception of communications code of practice and the draft equipment interference code of practice.
Consultation on revised versions of codes of practice A, B, E and F issued under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE).
A formal consultation on the revisions to the Extradition Act 2003 police codes of practice.
We are consulting on ways to strengthen the safeguards for children and vulnerable persons who are subject to searches involving the exposure of intimate parts without hindering the police’s ability to keep the public safe.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
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