# Police Reform Act 2002, Paragraph 31: Non-intimate samples


Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—
(a) he shall have the power of a constable under section 63 of the 1984 Act (non-intimate samples), in the case of a person in a police station in the relevant police area, to take a non-intimate sample without the appropriate consent;
(b) the requirement by virtue of subsection (6) of that section (information about authorisation) that a person must be informed by an officer of the matters mentioned in that subsection shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of an authorisation in relation to a person in a police station in the relevant police area, by his being so informed by the person to whom this paragraph applies; and
(c) the requirement by virtue of subsection (8B)(a) of that section that a person must be informed by an officer that a sample taken from him may be the subject of a speculative search shall be capable of being discharged, in the case of a person in such a police 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/31 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-4/paragraph-31
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