(1)Paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (rights of persons detained in England, Wales or Northern Ireland: retention and use of fingerprints and samples etc) is amended as follows.
(2)In sub-paragraph (2) (purposes for which fingerprints and samples may be used) for the words from “or for purposes related” to the end substitute “or as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2A)”.
(3)After that sub-paragraph insert—
“(2A)The fingerprints or samples may be used—
(a)in the interests of national security,
(b)for purposes related to the prevention or detection of crime, the investigation of an offence or the conduct of a prosecution, or
(c)for purposes related to the identification of a deceased person or of the person from whom the material came.”.
(4)Omit sub-paragraph (3).
(5)In sub-paragraph (4) (what fingerprints, samples or other information may be checked against), after paragraph (b) insert—
“(ba)material to which section 18 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 applies,”.