In paragraphs 43 to 50—

• “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;

• “fingerprints” has the meaning given by section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;

• “paragraph 43 material” has the meaning given by paragraph 43(2);

• “police force” means any of the following—

  1. a

     the metropolitan police force;

  2. b

     a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and Wales outside London);

  3. c

     the City of London police force;

  4. d

     the Police Service of Scotland;

  5. e

     the Scottish Police Authority;

  6. f

     the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

  7. g

     the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;

  8. h

     the Ministry of Defence Police;

  9. i

     the Royal Navy Police;

  10. j

      the Royal Military Police;

  11. k

      the Royal Air Force Police;

  12. l

      the British Transport Police;

• “recordable offence” has—

  1. a

     in relation to a conviction in England and Wales, the meaning given by section 118(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and

  2. b

     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 (S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12));

• “relevant physical data” has the meaning given by section 18(7A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995;

• “responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in England or Wales, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the chief officer of police for the police area—

  1. a

     in which the material concerned was taken, or

  2. b

     in the case of a DNA profile, in which the sample from which the DNA profile was derived was taken;

• “responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to relevant physical data or samples taken or provided in Scotland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken or provided, the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;

• “responsible chief officer of police” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in Northern Ireland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.