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86  For Article 63N of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (Article 63B material obtained for one purpose and used for another) substitute—

Retention of Article 63B material in connection with different offence

63N(1) Paragraph (2) applies if—

(a)Article 63B material 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, and

(b)the person subsequently—

(i)is arrested for or charged with a different offence,

(ii)is convicted of a different offence,

(iii)is given a penalty notice or a prosecutorial fine notice in respect of a different offence;

(iv)is given a caution in respect of a different offence committed when the person is under the age of 18; or

(v)completes a diversionary youth conference process with respect to a different offence.

(2) Articles 63C to 63M and Articles 63O and 63Q have effect in relation to the material as if the material were also taken (or, in the case of a DNA profile, derived from a sample taken)—

(a)in connection with the investigation of the offence mentioned in paragraph (1)(b),

(b)on the date on which the person was arrested for that offence or, if the person was not arrested, on the date on which the person—

(i)was charged with the offence or given a penalty notice or prosecutorial fine in respect of the offence, or

(ii)was cautioned in respect of the offence; or

(iii)completed the diversionary youth conference process with respect to the offence.

(3) Paragraph (3) of Article 63J applies for the purposes of this Article as it applies for the purposes of Article 63J..

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