# Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003, Paragraph 17


Where a designation applies this paragraph to a person—
(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;
(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;
(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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/6/schedule/2/paragraph/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2003/schedule-2/paragraph-17
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