2(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.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 6 para. 2 not in force at Royal Assent, see 100(1)
I2Sch. 6 para. 2 in force at 20.12.2023 by S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)