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Notices of Amendments

 

given on

 

Thursday 26 February 2009

 

Consideration of Bill


 

Policing and Crime Bill, As Amended

 

Destruction of samples etc: England and Wales

 

Chris Huhne

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

NC1

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 82 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 is repealed.

 

(2)    

Sections 9 and 10 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 are repealed.

 

(3)    

After Section 64A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) insert—

 

“64B  

Destruction of fingerprints and samples etc

 

(1)    

After a person is released without charge or acquitted of the offence for

 

which a sample has been taken that sample shall be destroyed within one

 

month of the fingerprints or samples being taken or the person being

 

acquitted, unless the offence was of a violent or sexual nature.

 

(2)    

If the offence was of a violent or sexual nature that sample must be held

 

for a period of three years, after which it must be destroyed.

 

(3)    

This section applies to the following material—

 

(a)    

photographs falling within a description specified in the

 

regulations,

 

(b)    

fingerprints taken from a person in connection with the

 

investigation of an offence,

 

(c)    

impressions of footwear so taken from a person,

 

(d)    

DNA and other samples so taken from a person,

 

(e)    

information derived from DNA samples so taken from a person.

 

(4)    

For the purposes of this section—

 

(a)    

“photograph” includes a moving image,and


 
 

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(b)    

the reference to a DNA sample is a reference to any material that

 

has come from a human body and consists of or includes human

 

cells.”.’.

 

Destruction of samples etc: service offences

 

Chris Huhne

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

NC2

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

Section 113 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (application to

 

armed forces) is amended as follows—

 

(2)    

After subsection (1) insert—

 

“(1A)    

After a person is released without charge or acquitted of the offence for

 

which a sample has been taken that sample shall be destroyed within one

 

month of the fingerprints or sample being taken or the person being

 

acquitted, unless the offence was of a violent or sexual nature.

 

(2)    

If the offence was of a violent or sexual nature that sample must be held

 

for a period of three years, after which it must be destroyed.”.’.

 

Destruction of samples etc (Northern Ireland)

 

Chris Huhne

 

Paul Holmes

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

Jenny Willott

 

David Howarth

 

NC3

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

That Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/

 

3141 (N.I 12)) is amended as follows—

 

(2)    

After Article 64A insert—

 


 

“Destruction of samples etc

 

“(1)    

After a person is not charged or acquitted of the offence for which a

 

sample has been taken that sample shall be destroyed within one month

 

of the fingerprints or samples being taken or the person being acquitted,

 

unless the offence was of a violent or sexual nature.

 

(2)    

If the offence was of a violent or sexual nature that sample should be held

 

for a period of three years, and then be destroyed.

 

(3)    

This section applies to the following material—

 

(a)    

photographs falling within a description specified in the

 

regulations,

 

(b)    

fingerprints taken from a person in connection with the

 

investigation of an offence,


 
 

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Policing and Crime Bill, continued

 
 

(c)    

impressions of footwear so taken from a person,

 

(d)    

DNA and other samples so taken from a person,

 

(e)    

information derived from DNA samples so taken from a person.

 

(4)    

For the purposes of this section—

 

(a)    

“photograph” includes a moving image, and

 

(b)    

the reference to a DNA sample is a reference to any material that

 

has come from a human body and consists of or includes human

 

cells.”’.

 

Loitering: decriminalisation of under 18 year olds

 

Dr Evan Harris

 

NC4

 

To move the following Clause:—

 

‘(1)    

The Street Offences Act 1959 (c. 57) is amended as follows.

 

(2)    

In subsection (1) of section 1, after “prostitute”, insert “aged 18 or over”’.

 


 
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