# The Police Service of Scotland Regulations 2013, Paragraph 8: Transitional: fingerprints and samples

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(1) Regulation 13(1) of these Regulations does not apply to any person transferred to the Police Service by schedule 5 to the 2012 Act whose fingerprints, samples or the information derived from samples have been transferred to the chief constable, unless the chief constable so requires in a particular case.
(2) Any fingerprints, samples or the information derived from samples taken in accordance with regulations 18 or 19 of the 2004 Regulations and transferred to the chief constable are to be regarded as having been taken in accordance with regulation 13 of these Regulations and are to be retained, used and destroyed in accordance with that regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/35/schedule/3/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-8
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