The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Codes of Practice) (Temporary Modification to Code D) Order 2006
The Police and Criminal Evidence Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 (“the 1989 Order”) requires the Secretary of State to issue codes of practice in relation to the exercise of police powers. The code of practice in relation to the identification of persons by police officers (“Code D”) sets out the methods which may be employed by police officers to identify suspects in an investigation. These must be used in the order provided in the code, and only when a method is refused by the suspect or deemed impractical can the next method on the list be considered.