When a British cop makes an arrest, what rights do they read them and what is said while doing so?

There is not an exact form of words required. The arrested person must be clearly told that they are under arrest and the suspected crime for which they are being arrested, that they do not have to make any statement at that time, but that failure to provide relevant information may be taken into account at any future trial.

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Are you absolutely sure? I believed that the exact words, described by Brian, are necessary up until you said that.
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by Jadey - Vive la difference on September 3rd, 2009
Those words are not statutory, but police forces train their officers to use them because they have been found adequate over the years. So my answer is what is required, Brian's is how police forces in practice fulfil that requirement.
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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on September 3rd, 2009
Interesting! Thanks =)
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by Jadey - Vive la difference on September 3rd, 2009
Im Alec is not correct,as the caution must always be given as Brian has so rightly stated.
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by Schonberg on September 3rd, 2009
Years ago the Judges' Rules spelled out the words of a caution but the Judges' Rules didn't have the force of law, so paraphrasing the recommended caution was permissible.

Code of Practice C of PACE (The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984) makes a caution mandatory and gives the wording of the caution.

An interesting point is that the caution must be given as soon as the police officer has grounds to think that a person has committed an offence, not when he arrests him.
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by Brian I on September 4th, 2009
Don't they say "I am arresting you under suspiscion of blah blah " at the start of the rights though? I was under the impression, also, that if all the information is not given to the person then there may be grounds for the person to get out of it - perhaps certain things he said won't be admissible in court, or something like that. Do you know if that is true?
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by Jadey - Vive la difference on September 4th, 2009
When you arrest somebody you must tell them what they are being arrested for, unless their behaviour makes it impossible (violently resisting arrest, for example). If you are not immediately going to ask any questions a caution isn't necessary, although it would be necessary at the start of any subsequent interview, and would also be necessary if the arrested person started talking voluntarily about the offence.
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by Brian I on September 4th, 2009
Brian: The people who argue with you have never been a police officer in the UK or they would know that what you are saying is true.They do not understand a correct answer when they see one and would rather post their own opinions of what they think it should be.I held a police warrant card for nine years and I know that you are right and if they did a little research they would see that you are right too.
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by Schonberg on September 4th, 2009
Having retired a few years ago after 30 years in the job I think I can still remember some of it.
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by Brian I on September 4th, 2009
Yes, I knew it was something like that. Thanks Brian =) Schonberg - Nobody here has argued with Brian, or told him he was wrong. I assume you must be referring to me, since other than Alec I am the only one to comment. I was asking Brian and Alec questions to clarify for me since I have no knowledge of it.
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by Jadey - Vive la difference on September 4th, 2009
Jadey:No, I was getting at Im Alec,and you can assume anything you want my dear!
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by Schonberg on September 4th, 2009
I was reporting what the law actually says. Brian was reporting, correctly, the rules that are treated by the police as having the force of law even though, technically, they do not. While we are both technically correct, I agree that Brian's answer is much more helpful.
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by Im Alec has abandoned this account on September 4th, 2009
As Brians answer is the only one that is fact is the reason you have to agree with him.Your answer however would cause confusion to anyone reading it,as it did with Jadey.

Quote: Are you absolutely sure? I believed that the exact words, described by Brian, are necessary up until you said that.Unqoute.

The Police & Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is Statutory Law and it deals with all aspects of the arrest and caution of an offender.
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by Schonberg on September 4th, 2009
Schonberg - I see, but I am as confused about the comments you made if they are directed at I Am Alec as I would be if they were directed at me. As Alec says, he was saying that Brian was right - nobody here was criticising or correcting Brian.
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by Jadey - Vive la difference on September 5th, 2009
48,49,50 TS!
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by Schonberg on September 5th, 2009

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Whilst I agree that all that I have said is contained within one of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) Codes of Practice, and not within the main body of the Act, the Codes of Practice have the full weight of law - unlike the Judges' Rules, which were recommendations and were replaced by PACE.
http://police.homeoffice.gov.uk/operational-policing/powers-pace-codes/
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by Brian I on September 4th, 2009

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