Part 3Police powers etc.

Intimate samples

119Intimate samples

(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;”.