Code A: Stop and search

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Police procedure
gptkbp:appliesTo England and Wales
Police officers
Police community support officers
gptkbp:firstIssueDate 1985
gptkbp:governs Stop and search powers
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Code A: Stop and search
gptkbp:latestReleaseVersion 2023
gptkbp:legalBasis Section 66 of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_Act_1984
gptkbp:publishedBy gptkb:Home_Office
gptkbp:purpose Provide guidance on stop and search
gptkbp:requires Officer to identify themselves
Officer to inform person of legal power
Officer to provide copy of search record
Officer to provide name and station
Officer to state reason for search
Reasonable grounds for suspicion
gptkbp:updated Periodically by Home Office
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Police_and_Criminal_Evidence_Act_1984
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7