From: Home Office
Published 16 October 2023
This consultation has concluded
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Government response to
Home Office consultations on PACE Codes A, B, C, D, H and new
PACE Code I
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Government response to the
consultation on the introduction of a new code of practice under
Schedule 6 to the National Security Act 2023 and updates to the
Code of Practice for Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and
Border Security Act 2019
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Revised PACE Code
A
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Revised PACE Code
B
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Revised PACE Code
C
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Revised PACE Code
D
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Revised PACE Code
H
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PACE Code I
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National Security Act
Video Recording Code
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Detail of outcome
The government is publishing the new and revised codes of
practice and the relevant consultation responses to detail the
outcome of the 3 consultations.
Original consultation Summary
Three consultations on revised codes of practice issued under
policing, national security and counter terrorism acts.
This consultation ran from
20 July 2023 to 11:59pm on 31 August
2023
Consultation description
We held 3 consultations on proposed revisions to, and the issue
of, codes of practice under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act
1984, the National Security Act 2023 and the Counter-Terrorism
and Border Security Act 2019.
The consultations concerned:
- new codes of practice relating to video recording of
interviews of people detained under the National Security Act
2023
- changes to the codes of practice for officers who will
exercise powers under Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and
Border Security Act 2019
- changes to Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 codes A, B,
C, D and H
- a new Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 code I relating
to the detention, treatment and questioning of persons arrested
under the National Security Act 2023