Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)

[F1 SCHEDULE 10 U.K. Consequential Amendments]

Extent Information

E1 The provisions of Sch. 10 are co-extensive with the enactments they affect, see s. 172(16)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Act substituted (1.10.2009) by Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), s. 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)

Non-intimate samples: speculative searches U.K.

58 U.K. In section 63 of the M1 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which regulates the taking of non-intimate body samples)—

(a) after the subsection (8A) inserted by section 55 of this Act, there shall be inserted the following subsection—

“(8B) If a non-intimate sample is taken from a person at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—

(a) before the sample is taken, an officer shall inform him that it may be the subject of a speculative search; and

(b) the fact that the person has been informed of this possibility shall be recorded as soon as practicable after the sample has been taken.”; and

(b) in subsection (9), after the words “(8A)” there shall be inserted the words “ or (8B) ”.

Marginal Citations

M1 1984 c.60.