The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2005
This Order appoints 1st January 2006 as the date on which revised codes of practice under sections 60(1)(a), 60A(1) and 66(1)(a)(i) and (ii) and (b) to (d) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“the Act”) will come into operation, superseding codes of practice which have been in operation since 1st August 2004. These codes of practice relates to the exercise by police officers of statutory powers of stop and search (Code A), to search premises and property (Code B), to detain suspects (Code C), identification procedures (Code D), audio recording of interviews with suspects (Code E) and visual recording of interviews with suspects (Code F).