17Exclusions for certain regimesE+W
After section 63T of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (for which see section 16) insert—
“63UExclusions for certain regimes
(1)Sections 63D to 63T do not apply to material to which paragraphs 20A to 20J of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (destruction, retention and use of material taken from terrorist suspects) apply.
(2)Any reference in those sections to a person being arrested for, or charged with, an offence does not include a reference to a person—
(a)being arrested under section 41 of the Terrorism Act 2000, or
(b)being charged with an offence following an arrest under that section.
(3)Sections 63D to 63T do not apply to material to which paragraph 8 of Schedule 4 to the International Criminal Court Act 2001 (requirement to destroy material) applies.
(4)Sections 63D to 63T do not apply to material to which paragraph 6 of Schedule 6 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (requirement to destroy material) applies.
(5)Sections 63D to 63Q, 63S and 63T do not apply to material which is, or may become, disclosable under—
(a)the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996, or
(b)a code of practice prepared under section 23 of that Act and in operation by virtue of an order under section 25 of that Act.
(6)Sections 63D to 63T do not apply to material which—
(a)is taken from a person, but
(b)relates to another person.
(7)Nothing in sections 63D to 63T affects any power conferred by—
(a)paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971 (power to take reasonable steps to identify a person detained), or
(b)section 20 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 (disclosure of police information to the Secretary of State for use for immigration purposes).”
Commencement Information
I1S. 17 in force at 31.10.2013 by S.I. 2013/1814, art. 2(d) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2013/1813)