Section 19C Sections 18 and 19 to 19AA: use of samples etc.F1

relevant physical data taken or provided under section 18(2), 19(2)(a), 19A(2)(a) or 19AA(3)(a) F2(including any taken or provided by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 F3or by virtue of paragraph 42 of Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 F4or paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 to the National Security Act 2023),

a sample, or any information derived from a sample, taken under section 18(6) or (6A), 19(2)(b) or (c), 19A(2)(b) or (c) or 19AA(3)(b) or (c) F5(including any taken or provided by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 F6or by virtue of paragraph 42 of Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 F7or paragraph 18 of Schedule 6 to the National Security Act 2023),

relevant physical data or a sample taken from a person—

information derived from a sample falling within paragraph (c), and

relevant physical data, a sample or information derived from a sample taken from, or provided by, a person outwith Scotland which is given by any person to—

for the prevention or detection of crime, the investigation of an offence or the conduct of a prosecution, F11...

for the identification of a deceased person or a person from whom the relevant physical data or sample came,

in the interests of national security, F13...

for the purposes of investigating foreign power threat activity, or

for the purposes of a terrorist investigation.

the reference to crime includes a reference to—

the reference to an investigation includes a reference to an investigation outside Scotland of a crime or suspected crime, F17...

the reference to a prosecution includes a reference to a prosecution brought in respect of a crime in a country or territory outside Scotland F18, F19...

“foreign power threat activity” has the meaning given by section 33 of the National Security Act 2023, and

“terrorist investigation” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Terrorism Act 2000.