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(1)    In section 63A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (supplementary), after subsection (1D) there is inserted—

“(1E)    Where fingerprints or samples have been taken from any person under section 61(6) or 63(3B) above (persons convicted etc), the fingerprints or samples, or information derived from the samples, may be checked against any of the fingerprints, samples or information mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) above.

(1F)    Where fingerprints or samples have been taken from any person under section 61(6D), 62(2A) or 63(3E) above (offences outside England and Wales etc), the fingerprints or samples, or information derived from the samples, may be checked against any of the fingerprints, samples or information mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) above.”

(2)    In Schedule 4 to the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (taking of fingerprints or non-intimate samples), in paragraph 7(3)(a), after “section 63A(1)” there is inserted “, (1E) or (1F)”.

NOTES
Initial Commencement
To be appointed

To be appointed: see s 59(1).

Extent

This section does not extend to Scotland: see s 58(2).

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