SCHEDULES
C3C4SCHEDULE 8 Detention
Sch. 8 applied (with modifications) (25.7.2006) by Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11), s. 25(1)(3)(4); S.I. 2006/1936, art. 2
Part I Treatment of persons detained under section 41 or Schedule 7
Identification
C1C22
1
An authorised person may take any steps which are reasonably necessary for—
a
photographing the detained person,
b
measuring him, or
c
identifying him.
2
In sub-paragraph (1) “authorised person” means any of the following—
a
a constable,
b
a prison officer,
c
a person authorised by the Secretary of State, and
d
in the case of a person detained under Schedule 7, an examining officer (within the meaning of that Schedule).
3
This paragraph does not confer the power to take—
a
fingerprints, non-intimate samples or intimate samples (within the meaning given by paragraph 15 below), or
b
relevant physical data or samples as mentioned in section 18 of the M1Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 as applied by paragraph 20 below.
Schs. 7, 8, 14 extended (with modifications) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2) of the extending S.I.) by The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2818), art. 11(1)(b), Sch. 2; (as amended (31.3.2021) by The Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Juxtaposed Controls) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/311), arts. 1(2), 2(7)(b)(i))