{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-10A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-10A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/527",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/10A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10A",
  "heading": "Taking of fingerprints and samples prior to appointment to a police force",
  "text": "(1) Where a candidate for appointment to a police force is to be offered an appointment, the offer shall (unless the candidate is applying to transfer to the force from another police force or is a special constable for that or another police area) be subject to the following conditions—\n(a) the candidate is required to have fingerprints and a sample taken;\n(b) the candidate must consent to the fingerprints and sample taken being the subject of a speculative search; and\n(c) the chief officer must be satisfied that the candidate is suitable for appointment following the results of the speculative search.\n(2) In a case to which paragraph (1) applies, the candidate shall notify the chief officer in writing whether the candidate consents—\n(a) to the taking of fingerprints and a sample; and\n(b) to such fingerprints and sample being the subject of a speculative search.\n(3) Where a candidate is appointed as a member of a police force, upon appointment—\n(a) any fingerprints taken under paragraph (1) shall be treated as if they had been taken under regulation 18(1); and\n(b) any sample and any information derived from a sample taken under paragraph (1) shall be treated as if the sample had been taken under regulation 19(1).\n(4) In this regulation—\n“sample” has the same meaning as in regulation 19(4);\n“speculative search” has the same meaning as in Part V of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 10A inserted (20.8.2012) by The Police (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1960), regs. 1, 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/527/regulation/10A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:34.247026+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."
}