Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Prospective

[F1Requirement to have power to take fingerprints [F2, sample or photograph]E+W

15E+WA power conferred by this Schedule to require a person to attend a police station for the purposes of taking fingerprints [F3, a sample or a photograph] under any provision of this Act may be exercised only in a case where the fingerprints [F4, sample or photograph] may be taken from the person under that provision (and, in particular, if any necessary authorisation for taking the fingerprints [F4, sample or photograph] under that provision has been obtained).]