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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Intimate samples: speculative searches


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Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Cross Heading: Intimate samples: speculative searches is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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Intimate samples: speculative searchesU.K.
57U.K.In section 62 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which regulates the taking of intimate body samples)—
(a)after subsection (7) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(7A)If an intimate sample is taken from a person at a police station—
(a)before the sample is taken, an officer shall inform him that it may be the subject of a speculative search; and
(b)the fact that the person has been informed of this possibility shall be recorded as soon as practicable after the sample has been taken.”; and
(b)in subsection (8), after the words “subsection (7)” there shall be inserted the words “ or (7A) ”.
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