C4 - S&S Act Flashcards
Title: key terms used in S&S
EM?
RGTB?
RGTS?
EM: evidential material in relation to an offence or suspected offence tangible or intangible of relevance to the investigation
RGTB: example reasonable grounds to believe the search for locate evidential material relating to the offence
RGTS: example reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence has been committed
Title: lawfulness and reasonableness of searches
Inevitable Discovery?
Inevitable Discovery: even if it’s a breach of BOR it is still a factor to be taken into account in determining whether it is admissible under the balancing test. However it would not be admissible as a matter of course.
Ensure sutures unlawful - you must:
- exercise a warrant less power
- exercise a warrant power
- conduct a search examination person’s consent
Entry and search to effect arrest
S7 - PUAL
S8 - E2ALOA
S14 - E2PO or R2L or S (emergency)
S7: NZ offender who breaches bail but is not subject of an arrest will not be unlawfully at large
S8 entry to avoid loss offender
-the section empowers you to search for an arrest a person, you mean not search for evidential material unless an arrest is made in a search incidental to the rest is done
S14 entry to prevent offence or respond to risk to health or safety (emergency powers)
( serious offences)
S15- E & S of P 2 F & A L of EM
S16 - S P I P P 4 EM
S17- E S V PP EM
Entry in search of places to find an avoid loss of evidential material, 14 years of imprisonment
Search people in public place for evidential material relating to 14 years imprisonment
Entree to search vehicle in public place evidential material 14 years
Title: warrantless search is associated with arms
S18 - approval.
Reasonable grounds to believe in place or vehicle category three or four - cease in detain any firearms or firearm licence
Obtain approval from Sergeant or above for exercising anyone Atlas powers related to arms
Title: WL search offensive weapons
S28- V OW or DS
S26 - meaning of DS or OWn
S29 - S V S P
S28- searching vehicles for offensive weapons or disabling substance without a warrant
S26 -
DS - means any anaesthetic or substance produced to used for disabling a person.
OW- means an article made or altered to use for causing bodily injury or intended for such use by the person who has it with them
S29-search vehicles for stolen property. If the vehicle is on private property you should seek a search warrant or using alternative warrant less power
Title: entry and search of places in vehicles incidental to arrest
S83 - E S of P A K9
S84 - E S of V A K9
S83 entry and search of places after arrest
S84 entry in search of vehicle after arrest
Title consent searches
14 yr of age?
Exception?
- 14-year-old cannot consent to the search over place the accor thing unless they are found driving a vehicle and there is no passenger 14 years or over with authority to consent to the vehicles search.
Exception:
- search conducted as a condition of entry to any public or private place
- search conducted under a power
- entry to property under an implied licence
S92 what’s the purpose for which consent search may be undertaken?
- to prevent the commission of an offence
- to protect life or property or to prevent injury
- to investigate whether an offence has been committed
- any purpose and respect of which you could exercise a power of search conferred by an anactment
True or false
True
S95 restrictions on persons under 14yr to consent
Can a young person still consent if they wanted to?
Yes
Title carrying out search powers with or without warrant
S110 - P A A by S P
The surge power with or without a warrant authorises least insurance search and pretty much does anything they want with the place, full occupation of place
S115 - limitation on exercising search powers?
- search power listed in 110 subject to
- any conditions imposed by addition of officer when issuing a search warrant
- the privilege and confidentiality provisions in the ACT
They are also subject the requirements of under S21 BOR
S113 - assistance
You have the power to get assistance however they must be under your wing
- your assistant can only for search places you determine a lawful to search
- any Constable can assist without direction or supervision from police
Tittle special Powers win an application for search wine is pending
S117 - S - S -6hrs
S118 P 2 D I 2 S of P & V
S117 Powers to secure scene you may only exercise these Powers until the first of the following
- the expiry of 6 hours from first when the power is first excised
- warrant is available for execution
- search warrant is refused
S118 power to detain incidental to searches and places of vehicles
- any person arrives at the place or stops or enters or tries to enter -you may detained for a reasonable period of time no longer than the duration of search
- starts when you direct person to remain and into each other they are free to go
S119 S P at P or v
S120 S W S P
S119 Power to search any person arrives at the place
S120 you can apprehend a person before they try to leave in a vehicle.
- you can only apprehend undertake the search only if you are the officer in fresh pursuit or the partner of the officer-in-charge
Title entry, announcement and identification requirements
S127 - S W 2 E S V
S131 - ID & give SW
S117 - NAR
S127 with a search warrant you may enter place u have reasonable grounds to believe the vehicle is to locate and search it.
S117 state name of the enactment purpose for the search
S131(2) exceptions to announcing entry and giving reasons for the search:
- no person is lawfully around or in the vehicle
- compliance with the requirement wood::::
- endanger the safety of any person
- prejudice the success for exercise of the entry and search
- prejudice ongoing investigations
True or false
True
S116 - S T S 2 B S
- Securing the scene to be searched
- exclude any person from the senior area give them a reasonable direction if they trying and obstruct u
Give:
N A R & produce evidence of your police identity
Title: use of force against persons and property
When deciding whether to force entry you must consider the possibility that such entry May present a danger to:
- the police
- The occupants of the premises including children or vulnerable people
- members of the public
True or false
True