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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 - PACE Code A (amended 1 January 2009)

Code of Practice for the exercise by:

  • police officers of statutory powers of stop and search
  • police officers and police staff of requirements to record public encounters

This version of PACE Code A was amended with effect from 1 January 2009 to reduce the recording requirements for stop and encounter. From 1 January 2009 police are required to record only the ethnicity of a person who is subject to stop and account as set out in paragraphs 4.11 – 4.20 of PACE Code A. 

Date: Fri Dec 19 16:27:38 GMT 2008

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