Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002

On an application made under section 43 a senior officer may approve a non‑intimate identifying procedure being done on a suspect against the suspect’s will.

A senior officer must not give approval unless he or she is satisfied —

that the suspect is an adult; and

that the suspect has been informed in accordance with section 37; and

that, in respect of the matters in section 43(4) about which the applicant is required to have a suspicion, there are reasonable grounds for the applicant to have that suspicion; and

that the interests of justice justify obtaining the identifying particular specified in the application.

As soon as practicable after giving approval a senior officer must make a record of —

the date and time when it was given; and

the reasons for giving it.

An approval may be given by remote communication.

An approval given under this section authorises —

an officer —

to arrest the suspect to whom it relates; and

to detain him or her for a reasonable period in order to do the non‑intimate identifying procedure approved;

the doing of the non‑intimate identifying procedure on the suspect against his or her will.