# The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) Order 2009, Article 11: Impressions of footwear


(1) Except as provided by this article, no impression of a person’s footwear may be taken without the appropriate consent.
(2) Consent to the taking of an impression of a person’s footwear must be in writing if it is given at a time when he is at a service police establishment.
(3) Where a person is in custody at a service police establishment, an impression of his footwear may be taken without the appropriate consent if—
(a) he is in custody in consequence of his arrest for an applicable service offence, or has been charged with an applicable service offence; and
(b) he has not had an impression taken of his footwear in the course of the investigation of the offence by a service policeman.
(4) Where a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) has already had an impression taken of his footwear in the course of the investigation of the offence by a service policeman, that fact shall be disregarded for the purposes of that paragraph if the impression of his footwear taken previously is—
(a) incomplete; or
(b) is not of sufficient quality to allow satisfactory analysis, comparison or matching (whether in the case in question or generally).
(5) If an impression of a person’s footwear is taken at a service police establishment, whether with or without the appropriate consent—
(a) before it is taken, a service policeman 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 in writing by a service policeman as soon as is practicable after the impression has been taken.
(6) In a case where, by virtue of paragraph (3), an impression of a person’s footwear is taken without the appropriate consent—
(a) he shall be told the reason before it is taken; and
(b) the reason shall be recorded in writing by a service policeman as soon as is practicable after the impression is taken.
(7) The power to take an impression of the footwear of a person in custody at a service police establishment without the appropriate consent shall be exercisable by any service policeman.
(8) Nothing in this article applies to any person arrested under an extradition arrest power.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/1922/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-armed-forces-order-2009/article-11
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