Sections and Meaning Flashcards
CADD means?
Conceal, Alter, Damage or Destroy
Section 125
When searching persons you must:
- State reason for search
- Act the search will be conducted under
- State intention to search
- Identity yourself or present ID if not in uniform
Section 131
When searching places, vehicles and other things you must:
- State reason for the search
- Act under which the search will be completed
- Intention to enter and search
- Name and identify or ID if not in uniform
Section 110
Powers during power of search:
- Use force
- Seize items
- copy documents
- Bring and use equipment (including the use/extraction of electricity)
- Bring and use a Drug Dog
- Request any assistance
- Take photographs
- Access computers and clone information
Section 113
Powers of persons called to assist:
- Must be accompanied on and supervised
- Has same powers as S110
Section 169
Reporting on use of powers:
- Reports to commissioner or person acting for the commissioner
- reports on circumstances, evidential material obtained and criminal proceedings
- not required for rubdowns, (s85 or s88) or custody search (s11) or a Consent search
Section 116
Power to secure place, vehicle or other thing to be searched (for the purpose of the search and for a reasonable time)
- secure any place or vehicle or thing
- secure anything found in that place or vehicle
- exclude any person from the place or vehicle or give reasonable direction if RGTB obstruction/hinder search.
- “RAIN” requirements
Section 117
Secure a place or vehicle pending search warrant:
- application made or about to be made for place/vehicle
- RGTB CADD
- enter and secure (windows etc)
- secure any items visible (not search though)
- direct any person to assist
- max 6 hours or SW approved or SW declined
- “RAN” requirements
Section 118
Power to detain people during search of place, vehicle or other thing:
- Constable or person assisting a Constable can detain any person to determine their link to the searched place or vehicle (including people that arrive to the search location)
- Detained for as long as reasonable but not longer than the search
- Necessary force and BOR
Section 119
- Power to search person arriving or found at place being searched if RGTB they hold evidential material
- or to search them if RGTS they have a dangerous item which poses threat to safety and requires immediate action
Section 15
Warrantless Power to enter and search a place - 14+ year offence:
- RGTS 14+ year offence has, is or about to be committed
- RGTB Evidential Material in the place
- RGTB CADD will occur if delayed
Section 16
Warrantless Search of person in public place relating to 14+ year offence:
- Person is in a public place
- RGTB in possession of evidential material relating to 14+ year offence
Section 17
Warrantless entry and search if vehicle in public place - 14+ year offence
- Vehicle is in a public place
- RGTB Evidential Material relating to a 14+ year offence is in the vehicle
- power to enter and search
Section 18
Warrantless Search relating to firearms:
- RGTS person is carrying/possesses/controls firearms
AND IS:
- Breaching Arms Act
- Physically or mentally incapable of proper control and may kill or cause GBH
- A protection order or PSO is in place or grounds for one to be issued
You may without warrant:
- search a person
- enter and search vehicle or place
- seize and detain any arms (includes ammo) and thier arms licence
Section 18 (3)
Pretty much same as 18 but when a person isn’t present and RGTS evidential material in a place or vehicle from a Cat 3 or 4 offence
Section 19
A person located at a Search Warrant address or vehicle subject of a SW looking for drugs, can be searched under Section 19 for Evidential Material relating to the SW.
Section 20
Warrantless search of places and vehicles relating to drugs:
- RGTS an offence against MODA75
- RGTB controlled drug or precursor in place or vehicle
- RGTB not practical to get a SW
- RGTB CADD of Evidential Material
may enter and search, RAIN and BOR.
Section 21
Searching persons found in vehicle or place relating specifically to the use of Section 20 (Warrantless Drug Search)
Section 22
May search a person in Public place for drugs if:
- RGTS offence against MODA75 has/is/about to be committed
- RGTB possession of Controlled Drug or precursor
Section 27
May search a person in public place for offensive weapon if:
- RGTS offence against 202A (4)(a) CA61 committed
Section 28
May search a vehicle in public place for offensive weapon if:
- RGTS person in the vehicle or person who fled the vehicle committed an offence against 202A (4)(a) of CA61
AND - the vehicle contains a knife, offensive weapon or disabling substance.
Section 7
Entry to place or vehicle to arrest if:
- RGTS person is unlawfully at large
- RGTB person is in place or vehicle