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UK: Section 44 stop and search powers to be amended and reintroduced (1)

01 January 2011

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UK: Section 44 stop and search powers to be amended and reintroduced

The government's review of counter terrorism and security powers has confirmed that, like control orders section 44 stop and search powers are to be redesigned and reintroduced with a new name and a more tightly defined legal basis. See also: Who'll stand up for liberty in Britain? by David Edgar (Guardian, link)

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