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.