# Police Reform Act 2002, Paragraph 29: Fingerprinting without consent


Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—
(a) he shall have, at any police station in the relevant police area, the power of a constable under section 61 of the 1984 Act (fingerprinting) to take fingerprints without the appropriate consent; and
(b) the requirement by virtue of subsection (7A)(a) of that section that a person must be informed by an officer that his fingerprints may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person at such a station, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/schedule/4/paragraph/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-29
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