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(1)This section applies to material falling within subsection (2) relating to a person who—
(a)has no previous convictions or only one exempt conviction, and
(b)is subject to a control order.
(2)Material falls within this subsection if it is—
(a)fingerprints taken from the person, or
(b)a DNA profile derived from a DNA sample taken from the person.
(3)The material must be destroyed before the end of the period of 2 years beginning with the date on which the person ceases to be subject to a control order.
(4)This section ceases to have effect in relation to the material if the person is convicted—
(a)in England and Wales or Northern Ireland of a recordable offence, or
(b)in Scotland of an offence which is punishable by imprisonment,
before the material is required to be destroyed by virtue of this section.
(5)For the purposes of subsection (1)—
(a)a person has no previous convictions if the person has not previously been convicted—
(i)in England and Wales or Northern Ireland of a recordable offence, or
(ii)in Scotland of an offence which is punishable by imprisonment, and
(b)if the person has been previously convicted of a recordable offence in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, the conviction is exempt if it is in respect of a recordable offence other than a qualifying offence, committed when the person is aged under 18.
(6)For the purposes of that subsection—
(a)a person is to be treated as having been convicted of an offence if—
(i)he has been given a caution in England and Wales or Northern Ireland in respect of the offence which, at the time of the caution, he has admitted, [F2 and ]
F3(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)if a person is convicted of more than one offence arising out of a single course of action, those convictions are to be treated as a single conviction.
(7)In this section—
(a)“recordable offence” has, in relation to a conviction in Northern Ireland, the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, and
(b)“qualifying offence” has, in relation to a conviction in respect of a recordable offence committed in Northern Ireland, the meaning given by Article 53A of that Order.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 64ZA-64ZN inserted (prosp.) by Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17), ss. 14(2), 59
F2Word in s. 64ZC(6)(a)(i) substituted (8.4.2013) by Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 9(a) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)
F3S. 64ZC(6)(a)(ii) omitted (8.4.2013) by virtue of Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10), s. 151(1), Sch. 24 para. 9(b) (with s. 135(4)); S.I. 2013/453, art. 4(f)
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