Part 3 U.K.Police powers etc.

Intimate samplesE+W

119Intimate samplesE+W

(1)Section 65 of PACE (which defines certain terms for the purposes of Part 5 of that Act) is amended as follows.

(2)In the definition of “intimate sample”, for paragraph (c) substitute—

(c)a swab taken from any part of a person's genitals (including pubic hair) or from a person's body orifice other than the mouth;.

(3)In the definition of “non-intimate sample”, for paragraph (c) substitute—

(c)a swab taken from any part of a person's body other than a part from which a swab taken would be an intimate sample;.

Commencement Information

I1S. 119 in force at 1.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(g)