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Protection of Freedoms Act 2012

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Part 2Material subject to the International Criminal Court Act 2001

2In 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.

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