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Latest changes – legal

Date Category Guidance Changes
Stop and search > Legal Legal application

Reference added relating to supervisors needing to be a minimum of inspector rank.

Stop and search > Legal Legal application

Additional of Children heading and the Children Act 2004 

Stop and search > Legal Legal application

Addition of 'Children' heading and reference to the Children Act 2004.

Stop and search > Legal Legal application

Detail added on the recommendation for rank of supervisor for searches involving exposure of intimate parts of the body and recording of the interaction. 

Stop and search > Legal Legal basis

Amendments carried out to section called ' S60 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994' following the Home Secretary’s decision to rescind elements of the Best Use of Stop and Search Scheme (BUSSS) specifically relating to Section 60.

Stop and search > Legal Legal application

Style changes to table in 'Most proportionate: the search' to improve accessibility.

Stop and search > Legal Legal application

New section added on the use of force during stop and search.

Stop and search > Legal Legal basis

Correct inconsistency - section 60 power authorisation.

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