# Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025, Section 39: Provision of biometric information at ports in Scotland

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) In Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000, in paragraph 20(1) (power to take fingerprints etc: Scotland) for “a person detained under Schedule 7 or section 41 at a police station in Scotland” substitute
“—
(a) a person detained under section 41 at a police station in Scotland, or
(b) a person detained under Schedule 7 in Scotland,”.
(2) In Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (border security), in paragraph 42(1) (power to take fingerprints etc: Scotland) omit “at a police station”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2025/31/section/39 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/border-security-asylum-and-immigration-act-2025/section-39
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