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22/03/2012
Police No Longer Using Anti-Terrorism Stop And Search Powers
New figures from the Home Office show that police have stopped using anti-terrorism stop and search powers.
The controversial powers enabled police to search anyone within a designated area for terrorist materials, but they were not used once between April and September 2011.
During the same period in 2010 there were 9,703 searches, and 66,162 in the same six-month period in 2009.
Known as Section 44, the anti-terrorism powers were ruled unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights and were replaced in England and Wales last March by more limited powers known as Section 47a.
The revised powers only allowed police to search people in areas where it is suspected that an act of terrorism will take place.
Officers can search anyone in that area without needing to have "reasonable suspicion" that an individual is breaking the law.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it was a "startling fall" which "begs more questions about previous use of powers".
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The controversial powers enabled police to search anyone within a designated area for terrorist materials, but they were not used once between April and September 2011.
During the same period in 2010 there were 9,703 searches, and 66,162 in the same six-month period in 2009.
Known as Section 44, the anti-terrorism powers were ruled unlawful by the European Court of Human Rights and were replaced in England and Wales last March by more limited powers known as Section 47a.
The revised powers only allowed police to search people in areas where it is suspected that an act of terrorism will take place.
Officers can search anyone in that area without needing to have "reasonable suspicion" that an individual is breaking the law.
BBC home affairs correspondent Danny Shaw said it was a "startling fall" which "begs more questions about previous use of powers".
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