Big Les Wade wrote:
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Proposed changes to PACE will remove the need for a judicial
authority soon,
I understand.
Where did you get this, Steve?

The proposals are he
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/oper...s-pace-codes/P
ACE-Review/

The previous consultation included a desire to "rationalise" the
process of obtaining a judicial warrant and the new version wants
ways of "reducing, where possible, administrative and bureaucratic
process on the police and on the courts" whilst at the same time "we
do not propose to make changes to the existing statutory structure"
whatever that means.

There's a lot of very nasty stuff in the consultation, have a read.


I can't seem to open the PDF download. My reader says the file is
damaged (although I downloaded two copies and they are identical).

Are you using Firefox by any chance, Les?
I have the same problem, and there's a workaround.