# National Security Act 2023, Paragraph 14: Taking of intimate and non-intimate samples

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

(1) In the application of paragraphs 10 to 13 in relation to a person detained in England or Wales, the following expressions have the meaning given by section 65 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984—
(a) “appropriate consent”,
(b) “fingerprints”,
(c) “insufficient”,
(d) “intimate sample”,
(e) “non-intimate sample”,
(f) “registered dentist”, and
(g) “sufficient”.
(2) In the application of section 65(2A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph, the reference to the destruction of a sample under section 63R of that Act is a reference to the destruction of a sample under paragraph 25 of this Schedule.
(3) In the application of paragraphs 10 to 13 in relation to a person detained in Northern Ireland, the expressions listed in sub-paragraph (1) have the meaning given by Article 53 of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)).
(4) In paragraph 10 “recordable offence”—
(a) in relation to a person detained in England or Wales, has the meaning given by section 118(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and
(b) in relation to a person detained in Northern Ireland, has the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/32/schedule/6/paragraph/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-security-act-2023/schedule-6/paragraph-14
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