Home Office
Detail of outcome
The Home Office consultation on proposed revisions to Code of Practice A (Stop and Search) closed on 27 June 2022.
We proposed amendments to Code A to include powers in relation to Serious Violence Reduction Orders (SVROs). SVROs are a new civil order which give the police powers to stop and search individuals convicted of an offence where a knife or offensive weapon was used or was present.
The revised Code A includes a temporary new Annex (Annex G) for the purposes of the pilot for SVROs, which outlines the powers under section 324E of the Sentencing Code (in relation to individuals subject to an SVRO) and the considerations police officers should make when deciding to conduct a search on individuals.
This response summarises the feedback received.
The revised Code of Practice was laid before Parliament on 13 October 2022 together with a draft statutory instrument which, subject to approval from both Houses of Parliament, would bring the code into operation. The 2015 version of Code A will remain unchanged and in force until the revised code is approved by both Houses of Parliament.
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