In this Act—
“the 1984 Act” means the [1984 c. 60.] Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“appropriate consent” has the meaning given by section 65 of the 1984 Act;
“non-intimate sample” has the meaning given by section 65 of the 1984 Act;
“recordable offence” means any offence to which regulations under section 27 of the 1984 Act (fingerprinting) apply;
“the relevant time” means, in relation to the exercise of any power to take a non-intimate sample from a person, the time when it is sought to take the sample.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Act 1997.
(2)For ease of reference sections 63 and 63A of the 1984 Act, as amended by sections 1 to 4 above, are set out in Schedule 2 to this Act.
(3)Section 55(6) of the [1994 c. 33.] Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 is repealed.
(4)This Act extends to England and Wales only.