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Update: 10 June 2008
PACE
Review
In March 2007 the Home Office issued a consultation paper on a
major review of PACE. The paper can be downloaded from the Home
Office website by following this link.
The closing date for responses was 31 May 2007.
NAAN consulted with its members and issued a response. Members
can download NAAN's response by going to the Consultations
page in the member-only section of the website.
The summary of responses to the consultation, along with the
summarised content of individual responses was published by the
Home Office on 31 July. These documents can be found on the Home
Office PACE
Review website.
Phase 2 of the consultation was due to consist of regional
seminars and bilateral meetings over the autumn and a national
conference in December 2007. However the regional seminars and the
conference were cancelled . The bi-lateral meetings are still
taking place and NAAN is involved in these.
The final PACE Review public consultation paper was due to be
published in March 2008. There have been further delays and a
revised date of the end of May was announced. We now understand
that it will not be published before mid July 2008.
A PACE Review Board has been set up and met for the first time
in December. Further details of this Board can be found by
following the link to the PACE Review website (above).
With regard to Appropriate Adult issues, there is just one
reference to Appropriate Adults in the summary of responses, but a
total of 50 references in the summarised content of individual
responses.
PACE Codes
After a very limited statutory consultation, draft revised PACE
Codes were laid before Parliament on 17 December 2007. The
revisions consist primarily of clarification of stop and search
procedures, and changes in the procedures for accessing legal
advice following the legal aid changes.
Full details can be found by following this link: PACE
Code changes.
The revised Codes were approved by parliament and came into
operation on 1 February 2008.
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In 2007 the Government consulted on a revised draft Code of
Practice for Conditional Cautions. The consultation paper can
be downloaded here. The closing date for responses was 29 May
2007
NAAN issued a response which members can download by going to
the Consultations
page in the member-only section of the website.
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