Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3)

Part 4 U.K. Police powers

CHAPTER 1 E+W+N.I. Pre-charge bail

Release without bail or on bail E+W

59 Release without bail: fingerprinting and samples E+W

(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2) In section 61(5A) (fingerprinting of person arrested for a recordable offence) —

(a) in paragraph (a) omit “in the case of a person who is on bail,”, and

(b) in paragraph (b) omit “in any case,”.

(3) In section 63(3ZA) (taking of non-intimate sample from person arrested for a recordable offence)—

(a) in paragraph (a) omit “in the case of a person who is on bail,”, and

(b) in paragraph (b) omit “in any case,”.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 59 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 183