{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2007/article-35",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2007/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-amendment-northern-ireland-order-2007",
  "path": "article/35",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Destruction of fingerprints and samples",
  "text": "(1) Article 64 of PACE (destruction of fingerprints and samples) is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (1A)—\n(a) after “fingerprints” in both places where it occurs insert “ , impressions of footwear ”;\n(b) for “or the conduct of a prosecution” substitute “ , the conduct of a prosecution or the identification of a deceased person or of the person from whom a body part came ”.\n(3) In paragraph (1B) after “fingerprint” insert “ or an impression of footwear ”.\n(4) After paragraph (1B) insert—\n“(1BA) Fingerprints taken from a person by virtue of Article 61(6A) must be destroyed as soon as they have fulfilled the purpose for which they were taken.”.\n(5) In paragraph (3) after “fingerprints” insert “ , impressions of footwear ”.\n(6) In paragraph (3AA)—\n(a) for “and fingerprints” substitute “ , fingerprints and impressions of footwear ”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “or, as the case may be, fingerprint” substitute “ , fingerprint or (as the case may be) an impression of footwear ”.\n(7) In paragraph (3AB)—\n(a) for “paragraph (3)” substitute “ paragraph (1BA) or (3) ”;\n(b) after the first and third places “fingerprint” occurs insert “ , impression of footwear ”;\n(c) after the second place “fingerprint” occurs insert “ , nor the impression of footwear, ”.\n(8) In paragraph (3AC)—\n(a) after “fingerprint” in each place where it occurs insert “ , impression of footwear ”;\n(b) in sub-paragraph (a), after “that” insert “ fingerprint, impression of footwear or ”;\n(c) after sub-paragraph (b) insert—\n“(c) that consent shall be treated as comprising a consent for the purposes of Article 63A(1C).”;\n(d) at the end add the following new sentence— “ This paragraph does not apply to fingerprints taken from a person by virtue of Article 61(6A). ”.\n(9) In paragraph (3AD), after “fingerprint” insert “ , impression of footwear ”.\n(10) In paragraph (5), after “fingerprints” in each place where it occurs insert “ or impressions of footwear ”.\n(11) In paragraph (6), after “fingerprints” insert “ or impressions of footwear ”.\n(12) In paragraph (7), after “fingerprints” insert “ or impressions of footwear ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "nia/2013/7",
      "affecting_title": "Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2013"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2007/288/article/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:10.872174+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."
}