Part 4 Dealing with Fingerprints and Samples etc: United Kingdom
National Security Act 2023 (2023 c 32) | Legislation

Part 4 Dealing with Fingerprints and Samples etc: United Kingdom

Retention of fingerprints and samples etc: general

19

(1)     This paragraph applies to—

(a)     fingerprints taken under paragraph 10,

(b)     a DNA profile derived from a DNA sample taken under paragraph 10 or 12,

(c)     relevant physical data taken or provided by virtue of paragraph 18, and

(d)     a DNA profile derived from a DNA sample taken or provided by virtue of paragraph 18.

(2)     Fingerprints, relevant physical data and DNA profiles to which this paragraph applies (“paragraph 19 materialâ€) must be destroyed if it appears to the responsible chief officer of police that—

(a)     the material, or, in the case of a DNA profile, the sample from which the DNA profile was derived, was taken or required to be provided unlawfully, or

(b)     the material was taken or provided, or, in the case of a DNA profile, was derived from a sample taken, from a person in connection with that person's arrest under section 27 and the arrest was unlawful or based on mistaken identity.

(3)     In any other case, paragraph 19 material must be destroyed unless it is retained under any power conferred by paragraphs

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