# Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005, Paragraph 16


After paragraph 33 insert—
“Taking of impressions of footwear
33A Where a designation applies this paragraph to any person—
(a) he shall, at any police station in the relevant police area, have the powers of a constable under section 61A of the 1984 Act (impressions of footwear) to take impressions of a person's footwear without the appropriate consent; and
(b) the requirement by virtue of section 61A(5)(a) of the 1984 Act that a person must be informed by an officer that an impression of his footwear 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/2005/15/schedule/8/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/schedule-8/paragraph-16
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