Schedules
Schedule 6Detention under section 27
Part 1Treatment of persons detained under section 27
I1I22Identification
1
An authorised person may take any steps which are reasonably necessary for—
a
photographing the detained person,
b
measuring the detained person, or
c
identifying the detained person.
2
In sub-paragraph (1) “authorised person” means any of the following—
a
a constable;
b
a prison officer;
c
a person authorised by the Secretary of State.
3
This paragraph does not confer the power to take—
a
fingerprints, non-intimate samples or intimate samples (see instead paragraphs 10 to 14 below), or
b
relevant physical data or samples as mentioned in section 18 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, as applied by paragraph 18 below.