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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/6",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003",
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  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where a designation applies this paragraph to a person—\n(a) he has the power of a constable under Article 63 of the 1989 Order (non-intimate samples), in the case of a person in a police station, to take a non-intimate sample without the appropriate consent;\n(b) the requirement by virtue of paragraph (6) of that Article (information about authorisation) that a person must be informed by an officer of the matters mentioned in that paragraph may be discharged, in the case of an authorisation in relation to a person in a police station, by his being so informed by the designated person;\n(c) the requirement by virtue of paragraph (8B)(a) of that Article that a person must be informed by an officer that a sample taken from him may be the subject of a speculative search may be discharged, in the case of a person in a police station, by his being so informed by the designated person.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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