{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/60",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Fingerprinting of certain offenders.",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(1B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for recording in national police records convictions for such offences as are specified in the regulations.\n(4A) In subsection (4) “conviction” includes—\n(a) a caution within the meaning of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; and\n(b) a reprimand or warning given under section 65 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.\n(4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) Regulations under this section shall be made by statutory instrument and shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 27(1)-(3) repealed (7.3.2011) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 6(3), 59(1); S.I. 2011/414, art. 2(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 27(4A) inserted (1.7.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), ss. 85, 120 (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/1205, art. 3(w)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 27(4A) repealed (1.4.2003) by 2001 c. 16, ss. 137, 138(2), Sch. 7 Pt. 2(1); S.I. 2003/708, art. 2(i)(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 27(4) power extended (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), ss. 199(2), 212(1) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:58.179601+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}