Part 1

Regulation of biometric data
CHAPTER 1

Destruction, retention and use of fingerprints etc.

Modification of rule for particular circumstances

Material obtained for one purpose and used for another
12
After section 63O of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (for which see section 11) insert—

Section 63D material obtained for one purpose and used for another
63P
1
Subsection (2) applies if section 63D material which is taken (or, in the case of a DNA profile, derived from a sample taken) from a person in connection with the investigation of an offence leads to the person to whom the material relates being arrested for or charged with, or convicted of, an offence other than the offence under investigation.
2
Sections 63E to 63O and sections 63Q and 63T have effect in relation to the material as if the material was taken (or, in the case of a DNA profile, derived from a sample taken) in connection with the investigation of the offence in respect of which the person is arrested or charged.
S. 12 in force at 31.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(a) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2013/1813)