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(1)Subsection (2) applies to—
(a)relevant physical data taken or provided under section 18(2), 19(2)(a), 19A(2)(a) or 19AA(3)(a) [F2(including any taken or provided by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000)],
(b)a sample, or any information derived from a sample, taken under section 18(6) or (6A), 19(2)(b) or (c), 19A(2)(b) or (c) or 19AA(3)(b) or (c) [F3(including any taken or provided by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000)],
(c)relevant physical data or a sample taken from a person—
(i)by virtue of any power of search,
(ii)by virtue of any power to take possession of evidence where there is immediate danger of its being lost or destroyed, or
(iii)under the authority of a warrant,
(d)information derived from a sample falling within paragraph (c), and
(e)relevant physical data, a sample or information derived from a sample taken from, or provided by, a person outwith Scotland which is given by any person to—
(i)a police force,
(ii)the Scottish Police Services Authority, or
(iii)a person acting on behalf of a police force.
(2)The relevant physical data, sample or information derived from a sample may be used—
(a)for the prevention or detection of crime, the investigation of an offence or the conduct of a prosecution, F4...
(b)for the identification of a deceased person or a person from whom the relevant physical data or sample came
[F5(c)in the interests of national security, or
(d)for the purposes of a terrorist investigation].
(3)Subsections (4) and (5) apply to relevant physical data, a sample or information derived from a sample falling within any of paragraphs (a) to (d) of subsection (1) (“relevant material”).
(4)If the relevant material is held by a police force, the Scottish Police Services Authority or a person acting on behalf of a police force, the police force or, as the case may be, the Authority or person may give the relevant material to another person for use by that person in accordance with subsection (2).
(5)A police force, the Scottish Police Services Authority or a person acting on behalf of a police force may, in using the relevant material in accordance with subsection (2), check it against other relevant physical data, samples and information derived from samples received from another person.
(6)In subsection (2)—
(a)the reference to crime includes a reference to—
(i)conduct which constitutes a criminal offence or two or more criminal offences (whether under the law of a part of the United Kingdom or a country or territory outside the United Kingdom), or
(ii)conduct which is, or corresponds to, conduct which, if it all took place in any one part of the United Kingdom would constitute a criminal offence or two or more criminal offences,
(b)the reference to an investigation includes a reference to an investigation outside Scotland of a crime or suspected crime, F6...
(c)the reference to a prosecution includes a reference to a prosecution brought in respect of a crime in a country or territory outside Scotland [F7, and
(d)“terrorist investigation” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Terrorism Act 2000.]
(7)This section is without prejudice to any other power relating to the use of relevant physical data, samples or information derived from a sample.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 19C inserted (1.8.2011) by Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (asp 13), ss. 82(1), 206(1); S.S.I. 2011/178, art. 2, sch. (with art. 9)
F2Words in s. 19C(1)(a) inserted (16.9.2011) by The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2298), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 1(a) (with art. 4(1)(4))
F3Words in s. 19C(1)(b) inserted (16.9.2011) by The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2298), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 1(a) (with art. 4(1)(4))
F4Word in s. 19C(2)(a) omitted (16.9.2011) by virtue of The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2298), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 1(b)(i) (with art. 4(1)(4))
F5S. 19C(2)(c)(d) inserted (16.9.2011) by The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2298), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 1(b)(ii) (with art. 4(1)(4))
F6Word in s. 19C(6)(b) omitted (16.9.2011) by virtue of The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2298), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 1(c)(i) (with art. 4(1)(4))
F7S. 19C(6)(d) and word inserted (16.9.2011) by The Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2298), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 1(c)(ii) (with art. 4(1)(4))
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