Code of Practice for the Exercise of Stop and Search Powers: Exercise of Stop and Search Powers Under Sections 43 and 43A of the Terrorism Act 2000 and the Authorisation and Exercise of Stop and Search Powers Relating to Section 47A of, and Schedule 6B to

The Code of Practice reflects a recommendation in the government's review of counter-terrorism and security powers, published in January 2011. The review recommended that Stop and Search Powers under sections 44-47 of the Terrorism Act 2000, which allowed police officers to stop and search persons without any reasonable suspicion that the person was a terrorist, should be repealed and replaced wit...