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7 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.001 Power of constable to stop and search persons, vehicles etc.

s.002 Provisions relating to search under section 1 and other powers.

s.003 Duty to make records concerning searches.

s.004 Road checks.

s.005 Reports of recorded searches and of road checks.

s.006 Statutory undertakers

s.007 Part I—supplementary

16 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.008 Power of justice of the peace to authorise entry and search of premises.

s.009 Special provisions as to access.

s.010 Meaning of “items subject to legal privilege”.

s.011 Meaning of “excluded material”.

s.012 Meaning of “personal records”.

s.013 Meaning of “journalistic material”.

s.014 Meaning of “special procedure material”.

s.015 Search warrants—safeguards.

s.016 Execution of warrants.

s.017 Entry for purpose of arrest etc.

s.018 Entry and search after arrest.

s.019 General power of seizure etc.

s.020 Extension of powers of seizure to computerised information.

s.021 Access and copying.

s.022 Retention.

s.023 Meaning of “premises” etc.

15 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.024 Arrest without warrant: constables

s.024 Arrest without warrant: other persons

s.025 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.026 Repeal of statutory powers of arrest without warrant or order.

s.027 Fingerprinting of certain offenders.

s.028 Information to be given on arrest.

s.029 Voluntary attendance at police station etc.

s.030 Arrest elsewhere than at police station.

s.030 Release of a person arrested elsewhere than at police station

s.030 Bail under section 30A: variation of conditions by police

s.030 Bail under section 30A: variation of conditions by court

s.030 Failure to answer to bail under section 30A

s.031 Arrest for further offence.

s.032 Search upon arrest.

s.033 Execution of warrant not in possession of constable.

49 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.034 Limitations on police detention.

s.035 Designated police stations.

s.036 Custody officers at police stations.

s.037 Duties of custody officer before charge.

s.037 Guidance

s.037 Consultation with the Director of Public Prosecutions

s.037 Breach of bail following release under section 37(7)(a)

s.037 Breach of bail following release under section 37(7)(b)

s.037 Release on bail under section 37: further provision

s.038 Duties of custody officer after charge.

s.039 Responsibilities in relation to persons detained.

s.040 Review of police detention.

s.040 Use of telephone for review under s. 40

s.041 Limits on period of detention without charge.

s.042 Authorisation of continued detention.

s.043 Warrants of further detention.

s.044 Extension of warrants of further detention.

s.045 Detention before charge—supplementary.

s.045 Use of live links for other decisions about detention

s.045 Functions of extending detention: use of live links

s.045 Warrants for further detention: use of live links

s.046 Detention after charge.

s.046 Power of arrest for failure to answer to police bail.

s.046 Persons granted live link bail

s.047 Bail after arrest.

s.047 Early administrative hearings conducted by justices’ clerks.

s.047 Limits on period of bail without charge

s.047 Applicable bail period: initial limit

s.047 Applicable bail period: conditions A to D in sections 47ZD to 47ZG

s.047 Applicable bail period: extension of initial limit in standard cases

s.047 Applicable bail period: further extension of limit in standard cases

s.047 Applicable bail period: extension of limit in non-standard cases

s.047 Applicable bail period: extension of limit in designated cases

s.047 Applicable bail period: first extension of limit by court

s.047 Applicable bail period: subsequent extensions of limit by court

s.047 Sections 47ZF and 47ZG: withholding sensitive information

s.047 Sections 47ZF to 47ZH: proceedings in magistrates’ court

s.047 Sections 47ZF and 47ZG: late applications to magistrates’ court

s.047 Rules

s.047 Applicable bail period and bail return date: special case of release on bail under section 37(7)(a) or 37C(2)(b)

s.047 Applicable bail period: special cases of release on bail under section 30A and periods in hospital

s.047 Duty to seek views of alleged victims on conditions of pre-charge bail

s.048 Remands to police detention.

s.049 Police detention to count towards custodial sentence.

s.050 Records of detention.

s.050 Interpretation of references to pre-conditions for bail

s.050 Guidance from the College of Policing on pre-charge bail

s.051 Savings.

s.052 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

63 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.053 Abolition of certain powers of constables to search persons.

s.054 Searches of detained persons.

s.054 Searches and examination to ascertain identity

s.054 Searches of persons answering to live link bail

s.054 Power to retain articles seized

s.055 Intimate searches

s.055 X-rays and ultrasound scans

s.056 Right to have someone informed when arrested.

s.057 Additional rights of children and young persons.

s.058 Access to legal advice.

s.059 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.060 Audio recording of interviews.

s.060 Visual recording of interviews

s.060 Notification of decision not to prosecute person interviewed

s.061 Finger-printing.

s.061 Impressions of footwear

s.062 Intimate samples.

s.063 Other samples.

s.063 Fingerprints and samples: supplementary provisions.

s.063 Inclusion of DNA profiles on National DNA Database

s.063 National DNA Database Strategy Board

s.063 Testing for presence of Class A drugs.

s.063 Testing for presence of Class A drugs: supplementary.

s.063 Destruction of fingerprints and DNA profiles

s.063 Retention of section 63D material pending investigation or proceedings

s.063 Retention of section 63D material: persons arrested for or charged with a qualifying offence

s.063 Retention of section 63D material by virtue of section 63F(5): consent of Commissioner

s.063 Retention of section 63D material: persons arrested for or charged with a minor offence

s.063 Retention of material: persons convicted of a recordable offence

s.063 Retention of material: persons convicted of an offence outside England and Wales after taking of section 63D material

s.063 Retention of material: persons convicted of an offence outside England and Wales: other cases

s.063 Retention of section 63D material: exception for persons under 18 convicted of first minor offence

s.063 Retention of section 63D material under section 63IA: exception for persons under 18 convicted of first minor offence outside England and Wales

s.063 Retention of section 63D material: persons given a penalty notice

s.063 Retention of section 63D material for purposes of national security

s.063 Retention of section 63D material given voluntarily

s.063 Retention of section 63D material with consent

s.063 Retention of 63D material in connection with different offence

s.063 Retention of further sets of fingerprints

s.063 Destruction of copies of section 63D material

s.063 Destruction of samples

s.063 Destruction of impressions of footwear

s.063 Use of retained material

s.063 Exclusions for certain regimes

s.064 Destruction of fingerprints and samples.

s.064 Photographing of suspects etc.

s.064 Destruction of samples

s.064 Destruction of data given voluntarily

s.064 Destruction of data relating to a person subject to a control order

s.064 Destruction of data relating to persons not convicted

s.064 Destruction of data relating to persons under 18 not convicted: recordable offences other than qualifying offences

s.064 Destruction of data relating to persons under 16 not convicted: qualifying offences

s.064 Destruction of data relating to persons aged 16 or 17 not convicted: qualifying offences

s.064 Destruction of data relating to persons under 18 convicted of a recordable offence other than a qualifying offence

s.064 Sections 64ZB to 64ZH: supplementary provision

s.064 Destruction of fingerprints taken under section 61(6A)

s.064 Retention for purposes of national security

s.064 Retention with consent

s.064 Destruction of copies, and notification of destruction

s.064 Use of retained material

s.065 Part V—supplementary.

s.065 “Qualifying offence”

s.065 Persons convicted of an offence”

2 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.066 Codes of practice.

s.067 Codes of practice—supplementary.

5 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.068 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.069 Evidence from computer records.

s.070 Provisions supplementary to sections 68 and 69.

s.071 Microfilm copies.

s.072 Part VII—supplementary.

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s.073 Proof of convictions and acquittals.

s.074 Conviction as evidence of commission of offence.

s.075 Provisions supplementary to section 74.

s.076 Confessions.

s.076 Confessions may be given in evidence for co-accused

s.077 Confessions by mentally handicapped persons.

s.078 Exclusion of unfair evidence.

s.079 Time for taking accused’s evidence.

s.080 Competence and compellability of accused’s spouse or civil partner.

s.080 Rule where accused’s spouse or civil partner not compellable.

s.081 Advance notice of expert evidence in Crown Court.

s.082 Part VIII— interpretation.

s.100 Regulations—supplementary.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.101 Discipline regulations

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.102 Representation at disciplinary proceedings.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.103 Disciplinary appeals.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.104 Restrictions on subsequent proceedings.

amended 2 times (opens in a new tab)

s.105 Guidelines concerning discipline, complaints, etc.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

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s.083 Establishment of the Police Complaints Authority.

s.084 Preliminary.

s.085 Investigation of complaints: standard procedure.

s.086 Investigation of complaints against senior officers.

s.087 References of complaints to Authority.

s.088 References of other matters to Authority.

s.089 Supervision of investigations by Authority.

s.090 Steps to be taken after investigation—general.

s.091 Steps to be taken where accused has admitted charges.

s.092 Powers of Authority to direct reference of reports etc. to Director of Public Prosecutions.

s.093 Powers of Authority as to disciplinary charges.

s.094 Disciplinary tribunals.

s.095 Information as to the manner of dealing with complaints etc.

s.096 Constabularies maintained by authorities other than police authorities.

s.097 Reports.

s.098 Restrictions on disclosure of information.

s.099 Regulations.

s.106 Arrangements for obtaining the views of the community on policing.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.107 Police officers performing duties of higher rank.

amended 5 times (opens in a new tab)

s.108 Deputy chief constables.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.109 Amendments relating to Police Federations.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.110 Functions of special constables in Scotland.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

s.112 Metropolitan police officers.

amended 1 time (opens in a new tab)

1 other section in this Part — procedural and definitional

s.111 Regulations for Police Forces and Police Cadets—Scotland.

s.113 Application of Act to Armed Forces.

amended 26 times (opens in a new tab)

s.114 Application of Act to Revenue and Customs

amended 13 times (opens in a new tab)

s.114 Power to apply Act to officers of the Secretary of State etc.

amended 13 times

s.114 Application of Act to enforcement officers

amended 13 times

s.114 Power to apply Act to food crime officers

amended 13 times

s.114 Application of Act to Welsh Revenue Authority

amended 13 times

s.116 Meaning of “serious arrestable offence”.

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

s.117 Power of constable to use reasonable force.

amended 4 times (opens in a new tab)

s.118 General interpretation.

amended 15 times (opens in a new tab)

s.120 Extent.

amended 9 times (opens in a new tab)

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s.115 Expenses.

s.119 Amendments and repeals.

s.121 Commencement.

s.122 Short title.

182 other schedules

s.sch001 If on an application made by a constable a judge...

s.sch001 For the purposes of paragraph 8 , and of section...

s.sch001 Where notice of an application for an order under paragraph...

s.sch001 If on an application made by a constable a judge—...

s.sch001 The judge may not issue an all premises warrant unless...

s.sch001 A constable may seize and retain anything for which a...

s.sch001 The further conditions mentioned in paragraph 12 (a)(ii) above are—...

s.sch001 (1) If a person fails to comply with an order...

s.sch001 Criminal Procedure Rules may make provision about proceedings under this...

s.sch001 The costs of any application under this Schedule and of...

s.sch001 The first set of access conditions is fulfilled if—

s.sch001 The second set of access conditions is fulfilled if—

s.sch001 An order under this paragraph is an order that the...

s.sch001 Where the material consists of information stored in any electronic...

s.sch001 For the purposes of sections 21 and 22 above material...

s.sch001 An application for an order under paragraph 4 above that...

s.sch001 Notice of an application for an order under paragraph 4...

s.sch001a Customs and Excise Acts

s.sch001a An offence under— (a) section 1(5) of the Wildlife and...

s.sch001a Civil Aviation Act 1982

s.sch001a An offence of contravening a provision of an Order in...

s.sch001a Aviation Security Act 1982

s.sch001a Sexual Offences Act 1985

s.sch001a Public Order Act 1986

s.sch001a Criminal Justice Act 1988

s.sch001a Road Traffic Act 1988

s.sch001a An offence under subsection (4) of section 170 of the...

s.sch001a An offence under section 174 of the Road Traffic Act...

s.sch001a Official Secrets Act 1989

s.sch001a Football Spectators Act 1989

s.sch001a Official Secrets Act 1920

s.sch001a Football (Offences) Act 1991

s.sch001a Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994

s.sch001a Police Act 1996

s.sch001a Protection from Harassment Act 1997

s.sch001a Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s.sch001a Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

s.sch001a Licensing Act 2003

s.sch001a Sexual Offences Act 2003

s.sch001a Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005

s.sch001a Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949

s.sch001a Criminal Justice Act 1925

s.sch001a Prevention of Crime Act 1953

s.sch001a Sexual Offences Act 1956

s.sch001a Obscene Publications Act 1959

s.sch001a Firearms Act 1968

s.sch001a Theft Act 1968

s.sch001a Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

s.sch001a Theft Act 1978

s.sch001a Protection of Children Act 1978

s.sch001a Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981

s.sch002a (1) A constable may require a person to attend a...

s.sch002a A constable may require a person to attend a police...

s.sch002a (1) Where a non-intimate sample has been taken from a...

s.sch002a Persons arrested and released

s.sch002a Persons charged etc.

s.sch002a Persons convicted of an offence etc. in England and Wales

s.sch002a Persons convicted of an offence etc. outside England and Wales

s.sch002a Multiple exercise of power

s.sch002a A power conferred by this Schedule to require a person...

s.sch002a (1) A requirement under this Schedule— (a) must direct the...

s.sch002a A constable may arrest without warrant a person who has...

s.sch002a (1) A constable may require a person to attend a...

s.sch002a . . . . . . . . . ....

s.sch002a A constable may require a person to attend a police...

s.sch002a (1) Where a person's fingerprints have been taken under section...

s.sch002a A constable may require a person to attend a police...

s.sch002a (1) A constable may require a person to attend a...

s.sch002b Common law offences

s.sch002b Criminal Damage Act 1971

s.sch002b Public Order Act 1986

s.sch002b Criminal Justice Act 1988

s.sch002b Road Traffic Act 1988

s.sch002b Football (Offences) Act 1991

s.sch002b Protection from Harassment Act 1997

s.sch002b Crime and Disorder Act 1998

s.sch002b Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

s.sch002b Sexual Offences Act 2003

s.sch002b Serious Crime Act 2015

s.sch002b Battery.

s.sch002b Offences against the Person Act 1861

s.sch002b Children and Young Persons Act 1933

s.sch002b Prevention of Crime Act 1953

s.sch002b Restriction of Offensive Weapons Act 1959

s.sch002b Theft Act 1968, etc

s.sch002b An offence under section 1 (1) of the Criminal Attempts...

s.sch002b Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

s.sch003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.sch003 Any person who in a certificate tendered under paragraph 8...

s.sch003 In estimating the weight, if any, to be attached to...

s.sch003 For the purposes of paragraph 11 above information shall be...

s.sch003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.sch003 For the purpose of deciding whether or not a statement...

s.sch003 Provision may be made by rules of court for supplementing...

s.sch003 In any proceedings where it is desired to give a...

s.sch003 Notwithstanding paragraph 8 above, a court may require oral evidence...

s.sch004 (1) The Police Complaints Authority shall consist of a chairman...

s.sch004 (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the arrangements...

s.sch004 The validity of any proceedings of the Authority shall not...

s.sch004 The Secretary of State shall pay to the Authority expenses...

s.sch004 (1) It shall be the duty of the Authority—

s.sch004 (1) No information received by the Police Complaints Board in...

s.sch004 (1) On the day on which section 83 above comes...

s.sch004 Proceedings in any court to which the Police Complaints Board...

s.sch004 Where a person— (a) ceases to be a member of...

s.sch004 Paragraphs 14 to 17 above are without prejudice to the...

s.sch004 (1) The Authority shall be a body corporate.

s.sch004 (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a...

s.sch004 The Secretary of State may pay, or make such payments...

s.sch004 Where a person ceases to hold such an office otherwise...

s.sch004 The Authority may, after consultation with the Secretary of State,...

s.sch004 (1) Employment by the Authority shall be included among the...

s.sch004 The Employers’ Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 shall not require...

s.sch004 (1) If it appears to the Authority that it is...

s.sch005 Section 1 (endangering safety at aerodromes).

s.sch005 Section 9 (hijacking of ships).

s.sch005 Section 10 (seizing or exercising control of fixed platforms).

s.sch005 Article 4 (hijacking of Channel Tunnel trains).

s.sch005 Article 5 (seizing or exercising control of the tunnel system)....

s.sch005 Section 1 (indecent photographs and pseudo-photographs of children).

s.sch005 Section 2 (publication of obscene matter).

s.sch005 Section 1 (rape).

s.sch005 Section 2 (assault by penetration).

s.sch005 Section 5 (intercourse with a girl under the age of...

s.sch005 Section 4 (causing a person to engage in sexual activity...

s.sch005 Section 5 (rape of a child under 13).

s.sch005 Section 6 (assault of a child under 13 by penetration)....

s.sch005 Section 8 (causing or inciting a child under 13 to...

s.sch005 Section 5 (causing or allowing the death of a child...

s.sch005 Section 31 (causing or inciting a person, with a mental...

s.sch005 Rape.

s.sch005 Incest with a girl under the age of 13.

s.sch005 Buggery with a person under the age of 16.

s.sch005 Indecent assault which constitutes an act of gross indecency.

s.sch005 Section 1 (causing death by dangerous driving). Section 3A (causing...

s.sch006 The following section shall be inserted after section 31 of...

s.sch006 In subsection (1) of section 2 of the Game Laws...

s.sch006 In subsection (1) of section 4 of that Act (enforcement...

s.sch006 The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (2) of...

s.sch006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.sch006 . . . . . . . . . ....

s.sch006 The following subsection shall be inserted after section 4(1) of...

s.sch006 In section 15(1) of the Theatres Act 1968 (powers of...

s.sch006 In the Children and Young Persons Act 1969—

s.sch006 In section 39 of the Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (fairs...

s.sch006 In section 25(3) of the Immigration Act 1971 for the...

s.sch006 In subsection (1) of section 34 of the Criminal Justice...

s.sch006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.sch006 In subsection (5) of section 60 of the Animal Health...

s.sch006 In subsection (2) of section 19 of the Wildlife and...

s.sch006 In section 135(4) of the Mental Health Act 1983 for...

s.sch006 . . . . . . . . . ....

s.sch006 (1) The Army Act 1955 shall be amended as follows....

s.sch006 (1) The Air Force Act 1955 shall be amended as...

s.sch006 In section 16 of the Railway Regulation Act 1840 (persons...

s.sch006 In section 6(2) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (constables...

s.sch006 In section 7(1) of that Act (ranks) after the words...

s.sch006 In section 26(7) of that Act (disciplinary authority) immediately before...

s.sch006 In section 31(2) of that Act (compulsory retirement of chief...

s.sch006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.sch006 In Part II of Schedule 1 to the House of...

s.sch006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.sch006 The following subsection shall be substituted for section 138(4) of...

s.sch006 In section 161 of that Act— (a) in subsection (3),...

s.sch006 In the following provisions of the Betting and Gaming Duties...

s.sch006 In section 27 of the London Hackney Carriages Act 1843...

s.sch006 In paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 1 to the Car Tax...

s.sch006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

s.sch006 In section 5 of the Town Gardens Protection Act 1863...

s.sch006 The following section shall be substituted for section 5 of...

s.sch006 In the Dogs (Protection of Livestock) Act 1953 the following...

s.sch006 The following subsection shall be substituted for section 195(3) of...

s.sch006 At the end of section 41 of the Sexual Offences...

PACE 1984

What it defines

Powers to Stop and Search

Powers of Entry, Search and Seizure

Arrest

Detention

Questioning and Treatment of Persons by Police

Codes of Practice—General

Documentary Evidence in Criminal Proceedings

Evidence in Criminal Proceedings—General

Police Complaints and Discipline

Police—General

Miscellaneous and Supplementary

Schedules