The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Armed Forces) Order 2009

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14.—(1) Where an authorisation has been given by a service policeman under section 62(1) or 62(1A) of the 1984 Act—

(a)it shall be treated as an authorisation given under article 12(1) or 12(2) respectively; and

(b)anything done with respect to it under a provision of section 62 of the 1984 Act shall be treated as done under the equivalent provision of article 12.

(2) A reference in article 12 to the appropriate consent being given includes a reference to the appropriate consent being given in writing before commencement.

(3) For the purposes of article 12(7) an intimate sample taken under section 62 of the 1984 Act shall be treated as an intimate sample taken under article 12.

(4) Article 12(9)(b) shall apply where before commencement an intimate sample has been taken from a person at a service police establishment, unless section 62(7A)(b) has been complied with before commencement.

(5) In article 12(12) the reference to a refusal to give the appropriate consent to the taking of an intimate sample includes a reference to a refusal to give such consent to the taking of an intimate sample under section 62 of the 1984 Act.

(6) In article 12(13) the reference to the provision of a sample under section 306 of the Act includes a reference to the provision of a sample under section 32 of the Armed Forces Act 2001(1).