SCHEDULE 10 Consequential Amendments
Non-intimate samples: speculative searches
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In section 63 of the M1Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (which regulates the taking of non-intimate body samples)—
(a)
after the subsection (8A) inserted by section 55 of this Act, there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(8B)
If a non-intimate sample is taken from a person at a police station, whether with or without the appropriate consent—
(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 (9), after the words “(8A)” there shall be inserted the words “
or (8B)
”
.