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Crime and Security Act 2010

Taking of fingerprints and samples: England and Wales

Section 3: Powers to take material in relation to offences outside England and Wales

39.Subsections (1) and (4) enable the police to take fingerprints and non-intimate samples from a person convicted of a qualifying offence (see section 7) outside England and Wales, whether the conviction occurred before or after the coming into force of these provisions. The person must not have had their fingerprints or sample (as the case may be) taken previously under the respective powers or, if such data have been taken previously, it must have proved inadequate for analysis and/or loading onto the national database. The taking of the fingerprints or non-intimate sample must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of inspector who must be satisfied that taking the sample is necessary to assist in the prevention or detection of crime.

40.Subsection (2) provides the police with the power to take an intimate sample from a person convicted of a qualifying offence outside England and Wales where two or more non-intimate samples have been taken under the powers provided in subsection (4) but have proved insufficient and that person consents. The taking of the sample must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of inspector who must be satisfied that taking the sample is necessary to assist in the prevention or detection of crime.

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