Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/3
Timestamp: 2020-08-08 21:57:16
Document Index: 654204122

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

30/04/2017- Amendment
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Section 3 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 08 August 2020. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
s. 1(8AA)(8AB) inserted by 2019 c. 17 s. 10(5)
3 Duty to make records concerning searches.E+W
(b)under section 27(2) of the M1Aviation Security Act 1982, [F1a record of the search shall be made] in writing unless it is not practicable to do so.
[F2(2)If a record of a search is required to be made by subsection (1) above—
(a)in a case where the search results in a person being arrested and taken to a police station, the constable shall secure that the record is made as part of the person's custody record;
(b)in any other case, the constable shall make the record on the spot, or, if that is not practicable, as soon as practicable after the completion of the search.]
[F4(v)except in the case of a search of an unattended vehicle, the ethnic origins of the person searched or the person in charge of the vehicle searched (as the case may be); and;]
(b)shall identify the constable [F5who carried out the search].
[F6(6A)The requirement in subsection (6)(a)(v) above for a record to state a person's ethnic origins is a requirement to state—
(a)the ethnic origins of the person as described by the person, and
(b)if different, the ethnic origins of the person as perceived by the constable.]
(7)[F7If a record of a search of a person has been made under this section,] the person who was searched shall be entitled to a copy of the record if he asks for one before the end of the period specified in subsection (9) below.
[F8(b)a record of the search of the vehicle has been made under this section,]
(9)The period mentioned in subsections (7) and (8) above is the period of [F93 months] beginning with the date on which the search was made.
F1Words in s. 3(1) substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(2), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F2S. 3(2) substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(3), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F3S. 3(3)-(5) repealed (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(4), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F4S. 3(6)(a)(v) substituted for s. 3(6)(a)(v)(vi) (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(5)(a), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F5Words in s. 3(6)(b) substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(5)(b), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F6S. 3(6A) inserted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(6), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F7Words in s. 3(7) substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(7), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F8S. 3(8)(b) substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(8), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
F9Words in s. 3(9) substituted (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 1(9), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(a)
C1S. 3(1)(2) applied (with modifications) (30.4.2017) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Labour Abuse Prevention Officers) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/520), regs. 1, 2, 3(c), Sch.
C2S. 3(6)(6A) applied (with modifications) (30.4.2017) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Labour Abuse Prevention Officers) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/520), regs. 1, 2, 3(c), Sch.
C3S. 3(7) applied (with modifications) (30.4.2017) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Labour Abuse Prevention Officers) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/520), regs. 1, 2, 3(c), Sch.
C4S. 3(9) applied (with modifications) (30.4.2017) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Labour Abuse Prevention Officers) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/520), regs. 1, 2, 3(c), Sch.
M11982 c. 36.