PACE: A Practical guide to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

This book provides practical guidance on what remains the single most important statutory basis for police duties and powers in England and Wales — the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 and its Codes of Practice. The fifth edition includes all amendments to the Codes of Practice since the last edition, as well as the full text of the Act and Codes of Practice. Explanatory chapters have been updated in line with legislative changes, including the wide-ranging effect of the Policing and Crime Act 2017. With the aid of checklists, flow-charts, and illustrative examples, this book gives guidance on how the procedures and requirements of the Act apply to common, everyday scenarios facing police officers, as well as other persons charged with the investigation of offences.

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Contents

• Front Matter
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • About the Contributors
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Table of Cases
  • Table of Legislation
  • Table of Statutory Instruments
  • Table of European Law
  • Table of Practice Directions
  • Table of International Conventions
  • Appendix 1 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984: 1984 Chapter 60
  • Appendix 2 Code A: PACE 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
  • Appendix 3 Code B: PACE Code of Practice for Searches of Premises by Police Officers and the Seizure of Property Found by Police Officers on Persons or Premises
  • Appendix 4 Code C: PACE Code of Practice for the Detention, Treatment and Questioning of Persons by Police Officers
  • Appendix 5 Code D: PACE Code of Practice for the Identification of Persons by Police Officers
  • Appendix 6 Code E: PACE Code of Practice on Audio Recording Interviews with Suspects
  • Appendix 7 Code F: PACE Code of Practice on Visual Recording with Sound of Interviews with Suspects
  • Appendix 8 Code G: PACE Code of Practice for the Statutory Power of Arrest by Police Officers
  • Appendix 9 Code H: PACE Revised Code of Practice in connection with the Detention, Treatment and Questioning by Police Officers of Persons in Police Detention under Section 41 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Terrorism Act 2000 The Treatment and Questioning by Police Officers of Detained Persons in respect of whom an Authorisation to Question after Charge has been given under Section 22 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (Summary)
  • Index