Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002

In this section —

If an officer reasonably suspects —

that a serious offence has been committed; and

that an identifying particular of a suspect for the offence will afford evidence of whether or not the suspect committed the offence,

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

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

the purpose of the procedure; and

how the procedure will be done; and

that 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 the procedure may provide evidence that could be used in a court against the suspect; and

that the responsible person may consent or refuse to consent to the procedure being done on the suspect; 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.

If the suspect is a child, the making of a request, and the giving of information, under this section must be done in the presence of the suspect.