Prospective
[F111—(1) A constable may require a person to attend a police station for the purpose of taking a non-intimate sample from him under Article 63(3B).N.I.
(2) Where the condition in Article 63(3BA)(a) is satisfied (sample not taken previously), the power under sub-paragraph (1) may not be exercised after the end of the period of two years beginning with—
(a)the day on which the person was convicted or cautioned, or
(b)if later, the day on which this Schedule comes into force.
(3) Where the condition in Article 63(3BA)(b) is satisfied (sample taken on a previous occasion not suitable etc), the power under sub-paragraph (1) may not be exercised after the end of the period of two years beginning with—
(a)the day on which an appropriate officer was informed of the matters specified in Article 63(3BA)(b)(i) or (ii), or
(b)if later, the day on which this Schedule comes into force.
(4) In sub-paragraph (3)(a) “appropriate officer” means an officer of the police force which investigated the offence in question.
(5) Sub-paragraphs (2) and (3) do not apply where the offence is a qualifying offence (whether or not it was such an offence at the time of the conviction or caution).]
F1Sch. 2A inserted (prosp.) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 12(2), 59(1) (as amended (15.12 2011) by Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23), ss. 29(3), 31(2), Sch. 7 para. 6(3) (with Sch. 8))