The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Modifications to Code C and Code D) (Certain Police Areas) Order 2002

UK Statutory Instrument 2002 No. 1150 — creates 2 criminal offences.

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Made: 23 April 2002
In force from: 20 May 2002
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Courts, police, prisons and the administration of justice
Made under: No. 1150 POLICE The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Explanatory note

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Section 63B of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 gives police officers a new power to undertake tests for the presence of specified Class A drugs in relation to certain persons in police detention. Section 66(2) of the 1984 Act provides that codes in connection with these powers must be in place before the powers are exercised. This Order puts in place modifications to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 codes of practice to provide for drug testing within police detention. The modifications extend only to named police areas where the drug testing provisions are to be piloted. The provisions have already been piloted in the metropolitan police district, Nottinghamshire and Staffordshire by virtue of S.I. 2001/2254. They will continue to be used in those areas under this Order, which revokes S.I. 2001/2254, but will now also be introduced in Bedfordshire, Devon and Cornwall, Lancashire, Merseyside, South Yorkshire and North Wales.

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Notes for Guidance 17A When warning a person who is asked to provide a urine or non-intimate sample in accordance with… paragraph 1(2) of SCHEDULE · Status not determined · Mixed — some elements strict, some not
Notes for Guidance paragraph 17A of SCHEDULE · Status not determined · Strict liability

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