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Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

Part 1: Destruction, retention and use of fingerprints and samples etc.

459.Paragraph 3 makes amendments to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“PACE”) to the powers to take DNA and fingerprints, consequential on the new retention regime set out in Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act. Paragraph 4 repeals the uncommenced biometric retention provisions in sections 14, 16 to 19 and21 to 23 of the Crime and Security Act 2010.

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