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You /I get a letter from the L.A saying that an allegation has been made against you/I, and that you have to attend a meeting to discuss the problem! You ask them what the problem is - but they refuse to tell you, prior to the meeting.


Do they have the right to withhold information/accusations, without giving you the opportunity to prepare a defense/answer prior to the meeting.

Current PACE codes

The latest versions of the codes are available below:

Codes A, B and D came into effect after midnight on 6 March 2011
Code C came into effect after midnight on 10 July 2012
Codes E and F came into effect after midnight on 30 April 2010
Code G came into effect after midnight on 12 November 2012
Code H came into effect after midnight on 10 July 2012

Code A 2011

Deals with the exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search a person or a vehicle without first making an arrest. It also deals with the need for a police officer to make a record of a stop or encounter.

Code B 2011

Deals with police powers to search premises and to seize and retain property found on premises and persons.

Code C 2012

Code C sets out the requirements for the detention, treatment and questioning of suspects not related to terrorism in police custody by police officers.

Code D 2011

Concerns the main methods used by the police to identify people in connection with the investigation of offences and the keeping of accurate and reliable criminal records.

Code E 2010

Deals with the audio recording of interviews with suspects in the police station.

Code F 2010

Deals with the visual recording with sound of interviews with suspects. There is no statutory requirement on police officers to visually record interviews. However, the contents of this code should be considered if an interviewing officer decides to make a visual recording with sound of an interview with a suspect.

Code G 2012

Deals with powers of arrest under section 24 the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as amended by section 110 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Code H 2012

Code H sets out the requirements for the detention, treatment and questioning of suspects related to terrorism in police custody by police officers.





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Do licencing authorities have the power to conduct interviews under PACE conditions?

Do licencing authorities have the power to conduct interviews under PACE conditions?

A good way to f88k them up is to, at the start of the interview, ask for a copy of the PACE conditions, sit there and read it thoroughly. they should, like the police, ask you "do you understand?"...answer "NO". End of interview, having taken 3 hours to read and try to understand it!

Yes.

If the interview is conducted under PACE is it fair to assume a Criminal Activity is defo being investigated? If so then I would have thought full details of accusation should be available before and a solicitor most certainly taken along. Would "cherry picking" be considered a criminal activity?

If the interview is conducted under PACE is it fair to assume a Criminal Activity is defo being investigated? If so then I would have thought full details of accusation should be available before and a solicitor most certainly taken along. Would "cherry picking" be considered a criminal activity?