Paragraph 58
In section 63 of the M1Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which regulates the taking of non-intimate body samples)—
after the subsection (8A) inserted by section 55 of this Act, there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(8B)If a non-intimate sample is taken from a person at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—
(a)before the sample is taken, an officer shall inform him that it 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 practicable after the sample has been taken.”; and
in subsection (9), after the words “(8A)” there shall be inserted the words “ or (8B) ”.
Annotations
Marginal citations
- M1
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)