Point in time view as at 06/04/2007.
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Paragraph 58 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 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.
58U.K.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) ”.
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