4(1)This paragraph applies to a code of practice under paragraph 3.U.K.
(2)Where the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice he shall—
(a)publish a draft,
(b)consider any representations made to him about the draft, and
(c)if he thinks it appropriate, modify the draft in the light of any representations made to him.
(3)The Secretary of State shall lay a draft of the code before Parliament.
(4)When the Secretary of State has laid a draft code before Parliament he may bring it into operation by order.
(5)The Secretary of State may revise a code and issue the revised code; and sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) shall apply to a revised code as they apply to an original code.
(6)The failure by a constable to observe a provision of a code shall not of itself make him liable to criminal or civil proceedings.
(7)A code—
(a)shall be admissible in evidence in criminal and civil proceedings, and
(b)shall be taken into account by a court or tribunal in any case in which it appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 4 partly in force; Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 4 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 128; Sch. 8 Pt. I para. 4(1)-(5) in force at 12.10.2000 by S.I. 2000/2800, art. 2(c)(ii); Sch. 8 in force at 19.2.2001 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2001/421, art. 2