Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002

In this section —

If an officer reasonably suspects —

that an offence has been committed; and

that an identifying particular of an involved person, obtainable by means of a non‑intimate identifying procedure, will afford evidence of the commission of the offence or of who committed the offence,

An officer who requests a responsible person to consent to a procedure being done on an involved person must at the time inform the responsible person of these matters —

the offence that is suspected of having been committed and to which the procedure relates; and

the purpose of the procedure; and

how the procedure will be done; and

that, subject to the responsible person’s decision, information derived from the procedure may be compared with or put in a forensic database; and

the circumstances in which destruction may be requested under section 69; and

that if the involved person should become a suspect for the offence, evidence provided by the procedure could be used in a court against the involved person; and

that the responsible person may decide whether —

to limit the forensic purposes for which information derived from the procedure may be used; or

to allow the information to be used for unlimited forensic purposes;

that, if the procedure is done, the responsible person may subsequently change the decision on the matters in paragraph (g) by notifying the Commissioner of Police; and

that the responsible person may consent or refuse to consent to the procedure being done on the involved person; and

that, if the responsible person consents to the procedure, he or she may withdraw consent at any time before the procedure has been completed; and

that if the responsible person does not consent or withdraws consent —

an application may be made for authority to do the procedure against the responsible person’s will; and

if authority is given the procedure may be done against the responsible person’s will.