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Subscribe to PNLDIn this article, PNLD Legal Adviser Jack Houchin, highlights the current law around appropriation as a continuing act in a retail setting. He draws a distinction between the rules for the recording practices of police forces on their crime recording systems (Home Office Counting Rules (HOCR)) and related case law.
Code of Practice A, para. 1.5, prohibits a search of a person even though the individual might consent to a search of his person being conducted unless the appropriate legal power exists. What is the situation in respect of consensual searches of vehicles?
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