The PCC Code of Practice

1. Accuracy
2. Opportunity to reply
3. Privacy *
4. Harassment *
5. Intrusion into grief or shock
6. Children *
7. Children in sex cases *
8. Hospitals *
9. Reporting of Crime *
10. Clandestine devices and subterfuge *
11. Victims of sexual assault
12. Discrimination
13. Financial journalism
14. Confidential sources
15. Witness payments in criminal trials
16. Payment to criminals *

A clause that is marked with a * means that there will be exceptions to the clause if it can be demonstrated to be in the public interest.

The public interest includes, but is not confined to:

1. Detecting or exposing crime or serious impropriety.
2. Protecting public health and safety.
3. Preventing the public from being misled by an action or statement of an individual or organisation.