SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Amendments of regimes other than PACE

Part 2Material subject to the International Criminal Court Act 2001

2

In Schedule 4 of the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (taking of fingerprints or non-intimate samples) for paragraph 8 substitute—

8

1

This paragraph applies to the following material—

a

fingerprints and samples taken under this Schedule, and

b

DNA profiles derived from such samples.

2

The material must be destroyed—

a

before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the date on which the material was transmitted to the ICC (see paragraph 6(2)), or

b

if later, as soon as it has fulfilled the purpose for which it was taken or derived.

3

If fingerprints are required to be destroyed by virtue of sub-paragraph (2), any copies of the fingerprints held by the police must also be destroyed.

4

If a DNA profile is required to be destroyed by virtue of sub-paragraph (2), no copy may be retained by the police except in a form which does not include information from which the person to whom the DNA profile relates can be identified.

5

In this paragraph—

  • “DNA profile” means any information derived from a DNA sample;

  • “DNA sample” means any material that has come from a human body and consists of or includes human cells.