SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Powers of designated and accredited persons
Part 1Designated persons
Detention officers
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After paragraph 33 insert—
33ATaking of impressions of footwear
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.