SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Detention
Part ITreatment of persons detained under section 41 or Schedule 7
Identification
2
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 [1995 c. 46.] Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 as applied by paragraph 20 below.