Brown v Chief Constable of Sussex Police [2025] EWHC 1527 (Admin) – S 19 PACE – s 1 DDA.
- fact that possession of an item is an offence does not prevent it being taken into possession of officer by way of lawful seizure.
- fact that s 1 DDA provides no one may have prohibited dog in their possession, and only specifies seizure as an exception when carried out under DDA power, does not prevent police constable exercising power of seizure under s 19 PACE.
- s 1 DDA concerned with defining an offence whereas s 19 PACE concerned with investigating an offence.
- clear words would have been required in DDA to expressly exclude powers of seizure under PACE.
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