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Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996

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Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, Paragraph 27 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 27 November 2024. 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. Help about Changes to Legislation

27In section 64 for subsection (1) substitute—

(1)In Article 63A of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 the following paragraphs shall be substituted for paragraph (1) (checks against fingerprints etc. where a person has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a recordable offence)— “

(1)Where a person has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in a recordable offence or has been charged with such an offence or has been informed that he will be reported for such an offence, fingerprints or samples or the information derived from samples taken under any power conferred by this Part from the person may be checked against—

(a)other fingerprints or samples to which the person seeking to check has access and which are held by or on behalf of a police force (or police forces) falling within paragraph (1A) or are held in connection with or as the result of an investigation of an offence;

(b)information derived from other samples if the information is contained in records to which the person seeking to check has access and which are held as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).

(1A)Each of the following police forces falls within this paragraph—

(a)the Royal Ulster Constabulary and the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve;

(b)a police force within the meaning given by section 62 of the Police Act 1964;

(c)a police force within the meaning given by section 50 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;

(d)the States of Jersey Police Force;

(e)the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey;

(f)the Isle of Man Constabulary. ”.

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