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Revising PACE Codes C and E

Statutory consultation on the revision of PACE Codes C (Detention) and E (Audio recording of interviews with suspects).

Opened 17 Jun 2020
Closed 3 Jul 2020
▤ Verbatim text from source document

These draft version of codes C and E are being circulated for consultation in accordance with section 67(4) of PACE.

  • code C concerns the detention, treatment and questioning of persons detained under PACE
  • code E concerns the audio recording of interviews with suspects

You can download the drafts in OpenDocument text format and PDF, you can also download just the amended sections in OpenDocument text format.