Criminal Justice Act 1988

148 Computer data about fingerprints

(1) The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (5) of section 64 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (destruction of fingerprints etc.)—

“(5) If fingerprints are destroyed—

(a) any copies of the fingerprints shall also be destroyed; and

(b) any chief officer of police controlling access to computer data relating to the fingerprints shall make access to the data impossible, as soon as it is practicable to do so.”.

(2) The following subsections shall be inserted after subsection (6) of that section—

“(6A) If—

(a) subsection (5)(b) above falls to be complied with; and

(b) the person to whose fingerprints the data relate asks for a certificate that it has been complied with,

such a certificate shall be issued to him, not later than the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which he asks for it, by the responsible chief officer of police or a person authorised by him or on his behalf for the purposes of this section.

(6B) In this section—

• “chief officer of police” means the chief officer of police for an area mentioned in Schedule 8 to the [1964 c. 48.] Police Act 1964; and

• “the responsible chief officer of police” means the chief officer of police in whose area the computer data were put on to the computer.”.