{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-prevention-and-investigation-measures-act-2011/schedule-6/paragraph-14",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/23",
  "legislation_title": "Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/terrorism-prevention-and-investigation-measures-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/14",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“DNA profile” means any information derived from a DNA sample;\n“DNA sample” means any material that has come from a human body and consists of or includes human cells;\n“fingerprints” has the meaning given by section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;\n“non-intimate sample” has the meaning given by section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;\n“paragraph 6 material” has the meaning given by paragraph 6(2);\n“police force” means any of the following—\n(a)the metropolitan police force;\n(b)a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and Wales outside London);\n(c)the City of London police force;\n(d)the Police Service of Scotland;\n(e)...\n(f)the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\n(g)the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;\n(h)the Ministry of Defence Police;\n(i)the Royal Navy Police;\n(j)the Royal Military Police;\n(k)the Royal Air Force Police;\n(l)the British Transport Police;\nand references to a police force are to be read as including the tri-service serious crime unit;\n“recordable offence” has—\n(a)in relation to a conviction in England and Wales, the meaning given by section 118(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and\n(b)in relation to a conviction in Northern Ireland, the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12));\n“relevant physical data” has the meaning given by section 18(7A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;\n“relevant search” means a search carried out for the purpose of checking any fingerprints, samples, data or information against any of the fingerprints, samples, data or information mentioned in paragraph 5(a) to (h);\n“responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in England or Wales, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the chief officer of police for the police area—\n(a)in which the material concerned was taken, or\n(b)in the case of a DNA profile, in which the sample from which the DNA profile was derived was taken;\n“responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to relevant physical data or samples taken or provided in Scotland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;\n“responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in Northern Ireland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\n“sufficient” and “insufficient”, in relation to a sample, have the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 65(1) and (2) of that Act).\n“tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) , art. 1(2) , Sch. 2 para. 64(3)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) , art. 1(2) , Sch. 2 para. 64(3)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 para. 42(a); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) , art. 1(2) , Sch. 2 para. 64(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 para. 42(b); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/23/schedule/6/paragraph/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:10.237874+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."
}