Article 14 Modification of section 64 of the Act (Destruction of fingerprints and samples)

(1)

Section 64 of the Act (destruction of fingerprints and samples)^f1is modified as follows.

(2)

For subsection (5)(b) substitute—

“(b)
the Director of Risk and Intelligence shall make access to the data impossible, as soon as it is practicable to do so.”.

(3)

For subsection (6A) substitute—

“(6A)
If—

(a)
subsection (5)(b) above falls to be complied with; and

(b)
the person to whose fingerprints or impressions of footwear the data relates asks for a certificate that it has been complied with,

such a certificate shall be issued to him, not later than the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which he asks for it, by the Director of Risk and Intelligence or a person authorised by him or on his behalf for the purposes of this section.”

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1984 c.60. Section 64 of the Act was amended by section 148 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33); section 57(2) of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c.33); section 103 of, and paragraph 37 of Part II of Schedule 7 to, the Police Act 1996 (c.16); section 82 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16); section 117(7) and section 118(4) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15). There are further amendments to section 64 in section 117(8) to (10) of the 2005 Act (c.15) which are not yet in force. Section 64(4) was repealed by section 137 of, and Part 2(1) of Schedule 7 to, the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c.16).