PACE

Question 1

What does Code A cover?

Answer 1

Statutory powers of stop & search

Question 2

What does code B cover?

Answer 2

Entry, search & seizure

Question 3

What does code C cover?

Answer 3

Requirements for the detention, treatments and questioning of suspects.

Question 4

What does code D cover?

Answer 4

Methods to identify people in connection with investigation of offences

Question 5

What does code E cover?

Answer 5

Audio recording of interviews of suspects in police station

Question 6

What does code F cover?

Answer 6

Visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects in police station

Question 7

What does code G cover?

Answer 7

Powers of arrest

Question 8

What does code H cover?

Answer 8

Requirements for detention, treatment and questioning of suspects related to terrorism

Question 9

What can the powers of search and seizure be used to find?

Answer 9

• Property and material relating to a crime.
• Wanted persons
• Children absconding from local authority accommodation where they have been remanded or committed by a court

Question 10

What does section 1 cover?

Answer 10

Stop & search

Question 11

What does section 8 cover?

Answer 11

Warrants

Question 12

What does section 17 cover?

Answer 12

Entering a premises to make an arrest or to protect life & limb

Question 13

WISPS mnemonic refers to what?

Answer 13

Section 17 
Warrant
Indictable offence
Specified offence
Pursuing escapee
Saving life/limb or preventing serious damage to property

Question 14

What does section 18 cover?

Answer 14

Search

Question 15

Section 18 (1)

Answer 15

• Entering a premises of an arrested person
• If he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is on the premises evidence relating to offence, other than items subject to legal privilege.
• Some other indictable offence which is connected with or similar to that offence.
• A written authority must be given by an officer of at least the rank of inspector prior to conducting of a section 18 (1) search.

Question 16

Section 18 (5)

Answer 16

• Before taking a person to a police station without obtaining authorisation of an inspector if the presence of that person is necessary for an effective investigation.
• Arrested person must be present during the search
• Inspector authorises after the fact

Question 17

What does section 19 cover?

Answer 17

Seizing

Question 18

Section 19 (1-3)

Answer 18

• Constable may seize anything on the premises if reasonable grounds for believing that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an offence.
• Or that it is evidence in relation to an offence which he/she is investigating or any other offence
• May have entered premises after being invited in, don’t need to use a power of entry to seize if you just come across evidence

Question 19

Section 19 (4)

Answer 19

Constable may require info stored in any electronic form and is accessible from the premises to be produced so that it can be taken away in a visible and legible form. E.g. CCTV

Question 20

What does the mnemonic CLADD refer to?

Answer 20

Section 19 (2-4) - seizing evidence to prevent:
Concealed
Lost
Altered
Damaged
Destroyed

Question 21

What does section 22 cover?

Answer 21

Retaining items

Question 22

Under section 22 of PACE, for what reasons can items be retained?

Answer 22

• For purposes of forensic investigation
• To be used as evidence at trial (if a photograph won’t suffice)
• To establish ownership if believed to have been obtained unlawfully

Question 23

What does section 24 cover?

Answer 23

Powers of arrest

Question 24

What does section 28 cover?

Answer 24

Must be told under arrest, grounds, reason, necessity

Question 25

What does section 30 cover?

Answer 25

De-arrest

Question 26

What does section 32 cover?

Answer 26

Search of a person or premises

Question 27

What does section 42 cover?

Answer 27

Necessity not required

Question 28

What does section 117 cover?

Answer 28

Use of force