Paragraph 56

In section 61 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which regulates the taking of fingerprints)—

(a)

after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(7A)
If a person’s fingerprints are taken at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—
(a)
before the fingerprints are taken, an officer shall inform him that they may be the subject of a speculative search; and
(b)
the fact that the person has been informed of this possibility shall be recorded as soon as is practicable after the fingerprints have been taken.”; and

(b)

in subsection (8), after the word “them” there shall be inserted the words “ and, in the case falling within subsection (7A) above, the fact referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection ”.

Notes on Schedule 10

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

Extent

E1: The provisions of Sch. 10 are co-extensive with the enactments they affect, see s. 172(16)