PART VI N.I. QUESTIONING AND TREATMENT OF PERSONS BY POLICE

Prospective

[F1 Destruction of samples N.I.

64ZA— (1) A DNA sample to which Article 64 applies must be destroyed—

(a) as soon as a DNA profile has been derived from the sample, or

(b) if sooner, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the sample was taken.

(2) Any other sample to which Article 64 applies must be destroyed before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which it was taken.]

F1 Arts. 64ZA-64ZN inserted (prosp.) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 15(2), 59(1)