PACE 1984 s17
(1) Subject to
the following provisions of this section, and without prejudice to any other
enactment a constable may enter and search any premises for the purpose-
(a) of executing-
(i) a warrant of arrest issued in connection with or arising out of
criminal
proceedings, OR
(ii) a warrant of commitment issued under s76 of the Magistrates’
Courts Act 1980
(b) of arresting a person for an indictable offence;
(c) of arresting a person for an offence under-
(i) section 1 (prohibition of uniforms in connection with political
objects) of the
Public Order Act 1936;
(ii) any enactment contained in sections 6-8 or 10 of the Criminal
Law Act 1977
(offences relating to entering & remaining on premises);
(iii) section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986 (fear or provocation of
violence):
(iiia) section 4 (driving etc when under influence of drink or
drugs) or 163 (failure
to stop when required to do so by a constable in uniform) of the
Road Traffic Act
1988;
(iiib) section 27 of the Transport and Works Act 1972 (which relates
to offences
involving drink or drugs);
(iv) section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994
(failure to comply
with interim possession order);
(v) any of sections 4,5,6(1) & (2) and 8(1) & (2) of the Animal
Welfare Act 2006
(offences relating to the prevention of harm to animals);
(ca) of arresting, in pursuance of s 32(1A) of the Children and Young Persons
Act 1969, any child or young person who has been remanded or committed to local
authority accommodation under section 23(1) of that Act;
(caa) of arresting a person for an offence to which s61 of the Animal Health Act
1981 applies;
(cb) of recapturing any person who is, or is deemed for any purpose to be,
unlawfully at large while liable to be detained-
(i) in a prison, remand centre, young offender institution or secure
training centre, OR
(ii) in pursuance of s92 of the Powers of Criminal Courts
(Sentencing) Act 2000
(dealing with children and young persons guilty of grave crimes), in
any other
place;
(d) of recapturing any person whatever who is unlawfully at large and whom they
are pursuing, OR
(e) of saving life or limb or preventing serious damage to property.
PACE 1984 s18(1) & (5)
(1) A constable
may enter and search any premises occupied or controlled by a person who is
under arrest for an indictable offence, if they have reasonable grounds for
suspecting that there is on the premises evidence other than items subject to
legal privilege, that relates-
(a) to that offence, OR
(b) to some other indictable offence which is connected with or
similar to that
offence.
(5) A constable
may conduct a search under section (1)-
(a) before the person is taken to the police station or released on
bail under
section 30A, AND
(b) without obtaining an authorisation under subsection (4), if the
condition
in subsection (5A) is satisfied.
(5A) The condition is that the presence of the person at a place (other than a police station) is necessary for the effective investigation of the offence.
PACE 1984 s32B
If a person is arrested for an indictable offence, at a place other than a police station, a constable can enter and search any premises in which that person was-
When arrested;
Immediately before they were arrested;
for evidence relating to the indictable offence for which arrested, providing reasonable grounds exist to believe that the evidence is on the premises.
PACE 1984 s19
(2) The constable
may seize anything which is on the premises if they have reasonable grounds for
believing-
(a) that it has been obtained in consequence of the commission of an
offence, AND
(b) that it is necessary to seize it in order to prevent it being
concealed, lost,
damaged, altered or destroyed.
(3) The
constable may seize anything which is on the premises is he has reasonable
grounds for believing-
(a) that it is evidence in relation to an offence which they are
investigating or any
other offence, AND
(b) that it is necessary to seize it in order to prevent the
evidence being concealed,
lost, altered or destroyed.