[F1Interpretation]U.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 6 para. 10(1)(a)(ii) inserted (8.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 32(a) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)
14U.K.In this Schedule—
“DNA profile” means any information derived from a DNA sample;
“DNA sample” means any material that has come from a human body and consists of or includes human cells;
“fingerprints” has the meaning given by section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“non-intimate sample” has the meaning given by section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;
“paragraph 6 material” has the meaning given by paragraph 6(2);
“police force” means any of the following—
(a)the metropolitan police force;
(b)a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and Wales outside London);
(c)the City of London police force;
(d)[F2the Police Service of Scotland;]
(e)F3...
(f)the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
(g)the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;
(h)the Ministry of Defence Police;
(i)the Royal Navy Police;
(j)the Royal Military Police;
(k)the Royal Air Force Police;
(l)the British Transport Police;
[F4and references to a police force are to be read as including the tri-service serious crime unit;]
“recordable offence” has—
(a)in relation to a conviction in England and Wales, the meaning given by section 118(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and
(b)in relation to a conviction in Northern Ireland, the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12));
“relevant physical data” has the meaning given by section 18(7A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;
“relevant search” means a search carried out for the purpose of checking any fingerprints, samples, data or information against any of the fingerprints, samples, data or information mentioned in paragraph 5(a) to (h);
“responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in England or Wales, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the chief officer of police for the police area—
(a)in which the material concerned was taken, or
(b)in the case of a DNA profile, in which the sample from which the DNA profile was derived was taken;
“responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to relevant physical data or samples taken or provided in Scotland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the chief constable of the [F5Police Service of Scotland];
“responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in Northern Ireland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;
“sufficient” and “insufficient”, in relation to a sample, have the same meaning as in Part 5 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (see section 65(1) and (2) of that Act).
[F6“tri-service serious crime unit” means the unit described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006.]
Textual Amendments
F2 Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) , art. 1(2) , Sch. 2 para. 64(3)(a)(i)
F3 Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) , art. 1(2) , Sch. 2 para. 64(3)(a)(ii)
F4Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 para. 42(a); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4
F5 Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602) , art. 1(2) , Sch. 2 para. 64(3)(b)
F6Words in Sch. 6 para. 14 inserted (1.5.2022 for specified purposes, 5.12.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Armed Forces Act 2021 (c. 35), s. 24(1), Sch. 5 para. 42(b); S.I. 2022/471, reg. 2(e); S.I. 2022/1095, reg. 4