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Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Codes of Practice) (No. 2) Order 1996

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Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order.)

This order appoints 29th July 1996 as the date on which the code of practice under Article 60 and the revised codes of practice under Article 65 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 will come into operation.

The codes of practice are:

(a)Code of Practice for the Tape Recording of Interviews of Persons Suspected of the Commission of Criminal Offences which are held by Police Officers at Police Stations;

(b)Code of Practice for the Exercise by Police Officers of Statutory Powers of Stop and Search;

(c)Code of Practice for the Searching of Premises by Police Officers and the Seizure of Property found by Police Officers on Persons or Premises;

(d)Code of Practice for the Detention, Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers;

(e)Code of Practice for the Identification of Persons by Police Officers.

The codes of practice are published by Her Majesty’s Stationery Office; copies may be obtained from Government bookshops.

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