Counter-Terrorism Act 2008

Prospective

14 Material subject to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 U.K.

(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) is amended as follows.

(2) In section 63A(1) (fingerprints, impressions of footwear and samples: what they may be checked against), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) other fingerprints, impressions of footwear or samples—

(i) to which the person seeking to check has access and which are held by or on behalf of any one or more relevant law-enforcement authorities or are held in connection with or as a result of an investigation of an offence, or

(ii) which are held by or on behalf of the Security Service or the Secret Intelligence Service;

(b) information derived from other samples—

(i) which is contained in records to which the person seeking to check has access and which are held as mentioned in paragraph (a)(i) above, or

(ii) which is held by or on behalf of the Security Service or the Secret Intelligence Service.”.

(3) In section 63A(1ZA) (fingerprints from a person whose identity is unclear: what they may be checked against), for the words from “other fingerprints” to the end, substitute “other fingerprints—

(a) to which the person seeking to check has access and which are held by or on behalf of any one or more relevant law-enforcement authorities or which are held in connection with or as a result of an investigation of an offence, or

(b) which are held by or on behalf of the Security Service or the Secret Intelligence Service.”.

F1 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 14(4)-(6) repealed (31.10.2013) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 10 Pt. 1 (with s. 97); S.I. 2013/2104, art. 3(d)