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(1)The Secretary of State must make arrangements for a National DNA Database Strategy Board to oversee the operation of the National DNA Database.
(2)The National DNA Database Strategy Board must issue guidance about the immediate destruction of DNA samples and DNA profiles which are, or may be, retained under—
(a)the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, or
(b)the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989.
(3)The following must act in accordance with any guidance issued under this section—
(a)any chief officer of a police force in England and Wales;
(b)the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.
(4)The Secretary of State must publish the governance rules of the National DNA Database Strategy Board and lay a copy of the rules before Parliament.
(5)The National DNA Database Strategy Board must make an annual report to the Secretary of State about the exercise of its functions.
(6)The Secretary of State must publish the report and must lay a copy of the published report before Parliament.
(7)The Secretary of State may exclude from publication any part of the report if in the opinion of the Secretary of State the publication of that part would be against the interests of national security.
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