Powers of Entry

Question 1

What are ‘Premises’? (Section 23)

Answer 1

Any place, including any vehicle; vessel; aircraft or hovercraft; any offshore installation; any renewable energy installation and any tent or movable structure.

Question 2

What is CLAD

Answer 2

C - Concealed
L - Lost
A - Altered
D - Destroyed

Question 3

What is Section 17?

Answer 3

Arresting to prevent serious harm and injury.

Such as:

• Arrest a child/young person who’s escaped from secure accommodation/detention
• Recapture someone unlawfully at large & liable to be detained
  Recapture someone unlawfully at large whom you are pursuing.

Question 4

What are the main powers of entry and search?

Answer 4

Section 17, Section 18 and Section 32.
17: Finding People
18/32: Searching Premises and Property

Question 5

Section 32?

Answer 5

Section 32: Premises, not people
- Searched after an arrest for an ‘indictable’ offence
= Search premises where the suspect was at the time of their arrest OR where they were immediately prior to their arrest

Question 6

Section 18?

Answer 6

Section 18:
- To search premises after arrest
- Generally where the arrest has taken place away from their address
- Premises occupied or controlled by suspect
- Reasonable grounds to suspect evidence of the offence/connected or similar ‘indictable’ offence