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Revising PACE codes C, H, E and F

Statutory consultation on the revision of PACE codes C (detention), H (detention – terrorism), E (audio recording of suspect interviews) and F (visual recording of suspect interviews).

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These draft versions of codes of practice C, H, E and F 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 H concerns persons detained under the terrorism provisions
code E concerns the audio recording of interviews with suspects
code F concerns the visual recording of interviews with suspects

Responses must be received no later than Wednesday 6 December 2017.

Documents

Revision of PACE codes C, H, E and F - covering letter to statutory consulteesapplication/pdf Draft revised code C (detention)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Draft revised code H (detention – terrorism)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Draft revised code E (audio recording of suspect interviews)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Draft revised code F (visual recording of suspect interviews)application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document Consultation response revising PACE Codes C, H, E and F application/pdf Revised Code C, print readyapplication/pdf Revised Code C, print ready (document cover)application/pdf Revised Code C, accessible versionapplication/pdf Correction slip for revised Code C - to be read with the print or accessible versionapplication/pdf Revised Code H, print readyapplication/pdf Revised Code H, print ready (document cover)application/pdf Revised Code H, accessible versionapplication/pdf Correction slip for revised Code H - to be read with the print or accessible versionapplication/pdf Revised Code E, print readyapplication/pdf Revised Code E, accessible versionapplication/pdf Revised Code F, print readyapplication/pdf Revised Code F, accessible versionapplication/pdf