The Police Regulations 2003

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19.—[F1(1) Every member of a police force must provide a sample when directed to do so by the chief officer and in accordance with any such direction.]

(2) Samples or the information derived from samples of members of a police force taken in accordance with this regulation shall be kept separate from the samples or the information derived from samples taken in accordance with section 63 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 M1.

[F2(2A) Samples or the information derived from samples of members of a police force taken in accordance with this regulation (or treated as if so taken, by virtue of regulation 10A(3)(b)) may be checked against samples or the information derived from samples taken in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 or recovered from scenes of crime.]

[F3(3) Samples of a member of a police force taken in accordance with this regulation shall be destroyed before the end of the period of six months beginning with the date on which they were taken.

(3A) The information derived from samples of a member of a police force taken in accordance with this regulation, and all copies and records thereof, shall be destroyed within 12 months of that member ceasing to be a member of that police force except by reason of a transfer to another force.]

(4) In this regulation “sample” means—

(a)a sample of hair, other than pubic hair, complete with roots;

(b)[F4oral fluid]; or

(c)a swab taken from the mouth.

F5(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3Reg. 19(3)(3A) substituted for reg. 19(3) (1.4.2015) by The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/455), regs. 1, 3(c)

F4Words in reg. 19(4)(b) substituted (1.4.2012) by The Police (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/680), regs. 1(2), 2(4)

F5Reg. 19(5) omitted (1.4.2015) by virtue of The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/455), regs. 1, 3(d)

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