abstract:The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) (1984 c. 60) is an Act of Parliament which instituted a legislative framework for the powers of police officers in England and Wales to combat crime, as well as providing codes of practice for the exercise of those powers.
According to the Guardian newspaper, there have been questions about whether pretext phone calls or texts would be permitted under the PoliceandCriminalEvidenceAct1984.
Lord Hanningfield claimed that they did not have reasonable grounds for believing that his arrest was "necessary" within the terms of the PoliceandCriminalEvidenceAct1984.