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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-7-order-2013/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1814",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-7-order-2013",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order commences provisions in the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (“the Act”) which relate to the destruction, retention and use of material including fingerprints, DNA samples and DNA profiles.\nArticle 2 provides for the commencement of most provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act on 31st October 2013.\nArticle 2(c) has the effect that section 14 of the Act, which inserts section 63R into the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, is commenced except for the purpose of samples which are, or may become, disclosable under the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 or its attendant Code of Practice. Legislation is currently before Parliament which, if enacted, will exclude such samples from the ambit of section 63R.\nArticle 2(i) has equivalent effect to article 2(c) in respect of samples taken under the Terrorism Act 2000.\nArticle 3(a) provides for the commencement of section 13 of the Act (insofar as it provides for the destruction of copies of fingerprints) on 31st January 2014. Article 3(b) has equivalent effect in relation to material taken under the Terrorism Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1814/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:47:14.574396+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."
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