Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 3075

The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Statutory Powers of Stop and Search) Order 2002

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	Made	11th November 2002
	Laid before Parliament	13th November 2002
	Coming into force	1st April 2003

Whereas the Secretary of State - 

    (1) has, in pursuance of section 66(1)(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984[1] ("the Act"), issued a code of practice[2] in connection with the exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search a person without first arresting him and to search a vehicle without first making an arrest;

    (2) may under section 67(7) of the Act, revise the whole or any part of the code and issue a revised code, and has done so on two previous occasions[3];

    (3) has, in accordance with section 67(1) of the Act, prepared and published a draft code of practice in connection with the said matter and has considered representations made to him thereon and modified the draft code of practice accordingly;

    (4) has, in pursuance of section 67(3) of the Act, laid a draft of the code of practice before both Houses of Parliament;

     Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67(4) of the Act, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Statutory Powers of Stop and Search) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 1st April 2003.

Statutory powers of stop and search
     2. The code of practice laid in draft before Parliament on 7th November 2002 in connection with the matters referred to in section 66(1)(a) of the Act shall come into operation on 1st April 2003.


John Denham
Minister of State

Home Office
11th November 2002

[2] The code of practice was brought into force by S.I. 1995/450.back

[3] The revised codes of practice were brought into operation by S.I. 1997/1159 and 1999/291.back