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PACE Review Update: March 2010
The Home Office has published the Summary of Responses to
the PACE Review.
NAAN has produced a Briefing Paper on this which can be
downloaded from the member-only section of the website.
Background
The PACE Review final consultation paper was published at the
end of August 2008.
It can be downloaded here: PACE Review
Consultation.
Chapter 13 of the 60 page document contains specific proposals
about appropriate adults.
NAAN's response to the consultation can be downloaded here: NAAN's PACE Review
response
The closing date for responses to the consultation was
28 November 2008.
In March 2007 the Home Office issued an initial consultation
paper on a major review of PACE. The paper can be downloaded from
the Home Office website by following this link.
The closing date for responses was 31 May 2007.
NAAN consulted with its members and issued a response. Members
can download NAAN's response by going to the Consultations
page in the member-only section of the website.
The summary of responses to the consultation, along with the
summarised content of individual responses was published by the
Home Office on 31 July. These documents can be found on the Home
Office PACE
Review website.
Phase 2 of the consultation was due to consist of regional
seminars and bilateral meetings over the autumn and a national
conference in December 2007. However the regional seminars and the
conference were cancelled .
The final PACE Review public consultation paper was due to be
published in March 2008, but was in the end published in August
2008.
A PACE Review Board has met several times. Further details of
this Board can be found by following the link to the PACE Review
website (above).
With regard to Appropriate Adult issues, there is just one
reference to Appropriate Adults in the summary of responses, but a
total of 50 references in the summarised content of individual
responses.
PACE Codes
After a very limited statutory consultation, draft revised PACE
Codes were laid before Parliament on 17 December 2007. The
revisions consist primarily of clarification of stop and search
procedures, and changes in the procedures for accessing legal
advice following the legal aid changes.
Full details can be found by following this link: PACE
Code changes.
The revised Codes were approved by parliament and came into
operation on 1 February 2008.
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