S&S 2012

Question 1

When are you unlawfully surveilling?

Answer 1

Trespassing and when there is no device warrant

Question 2

Define s117

Answer 2

Secure a scene for up to 6hrs max, if RGTB CADD will occur, while a search warrant application is being made, being obtained and not yet granted or declined. No search.

Question 3

Define s123

Answer 3

Seize items in plain view, if lawfully in a place or vehicle

Question 4

Define s112

Answer 4

Remove items of uncertain status for analysis

Question 5

Define s15

Answer 5

Enter search place 14+ offence RGTB CADD occur

Question 6

Define s16

Answer 6

Search person public place 14+ RGTB evidence on person

Question 7

Define s17

Answer 7

Search vehicle in a public place, 14+ Offence, RGTB evidence in vehicle

Question 8

Define s20

Answer 8

Enter search place OR vehicle (only when SW is impracticable) RGTB CADD occur drugs

Question 9

What circumstances must exist to make s45 “Trespass surveillance” lawful?

Answer 9

An offence punishable by a term of 7 years has been committed
OR
an offence against s44,45,50,51,54,55 of the Arms Act 1983 has been committed.

Question 10

What activity under s46(e) can you do without a Surveillance Device Warrant

Answer 10

Observation of private activity in the curtilage of private premises and any recording is by means of a visual surveillance device, and the duration of the observation, for the purposes of a single investigation or a connected series of investigations, DOES NOT exceed -

(i) 3 hours in any 24 hour period; or
(ii) 8 hours in total.

Question 11

Define s9

Answer 11

Stop vehicle, to arrest a person unlawfully at large or who has committed an offence punishable by imprisonment.

Question 12

Define s10

Answer 12

Vehicle maybe searched for evidence, if stopped under s9, and person is arrested or flees.