Powers Of Entry And Search Flashcards
What is HAVVROT: premises
H- hovercrafts A- aircrafts V- vehicles V- vessels R- tenable energy installation O- oil rigs T- tents
Search objective
A specific result that a person aim to achieve, an item or person to be located
PACE section 17
A constable may enter and search any premises for the purpose of: Entry for purpose of arrest/recapture/ saving life & limb
PACE section 18
A cosntable may enter and search any premises occupied or controlled by a person who is under arrest for an indictable offence if he has reasonable grounds for suspecting there is on the premises evidence relating to
That offence
Any other idictable offence which is connected with or similar to that offence that they have been arrested for
Consent
Gaining entry with consent
Premises may be searched with the written consent of a person entitled to grant entry
Reasonable force
Necessity to use reasonable force to gain entry if refused entry Impossible to communicate Unoccupied Absent Frustrate Endangerment
Code B PACE
Regulates the search of property and the seizure from premises Time of search Entry other than consent Notice of powers & rights Conduct of searches Leaving premises
Section 19 PaCE 1984
A constable who is lawfully on premises may seize anything which is covered by a warrant Anything they have reasonable grounds for believing is evidence of an offence anything that has been obtained in consequence of the commissions of an offence and it is necessary to sezie it to prevent it being CLADD Concealed Lost Altered Damaged Destroyed
What is CLADD
Used for seizing C- concealed L- lost A- altered D- damaged D- destroyed
Section 32 (1)PACE 1984
A constable may search any person who has been arrested at a place other than a police station
If they have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may present
DIE:
Danger to himself or others
Implement which he might use to escape evidence relation to an offence
Section 32 (2)(b) pace 1984
A constable may enter and search premises in which a person was when arrested or immediately before he was arrested for evidence relating to the offence for which he was arrested
Plea?
Section 17
Pursuit of a person who is unlawfully at large
Life or limb or to prevent serious damge to property
Execute warrant
An indictable offence