E1SCHEDULE 10 Consequential Amendments
Fingerprinting: speculative searches
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In section 61 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which regulates the taking of fingerprints)—
a
after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
7A
If a person’s fingerprints are taken at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—
a
before the fingerprints are taken, an officer shall inform him that they 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 is practicable after the fingerprints have been taken.
b
in subsection (8), after the word “them” there shall be inserted the words “
and, in the case falling within subsection (7A) above, the fact referred to in paragraph (b) of that subsection
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The provisions of Sch. 10 are co-extensive with the enactments they affect, see s. 172(16)