Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1989/1341/article/61
Timestamp: 2019-06-16 21:52:49
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Matched Legal Cases: ['art 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'Art. 61', 'art. 61', 'Art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'art. 61', 'Art. 61', 'Art. 61', 'art. 3']

The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989, Section 61 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 16 June 2019. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
art 61 am by 2001 c. 24 s 91(2)
art. 61(6C) words inserted by 2008 c. 28 s. 12(6)(a)(i) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 12 omitted (14.12.2011) by virtue of 2011 c. 23, ss. 29, 31(2), Sch. 7 para. 5(3))
art. 61(7) substituted by 2010 c. 17 s. 10(1)
art. 61(7) words substituted by 2008 c. 28 s. 12(6)(a)(ii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 12 omitted (14.12.2011) by virtue of 2011 c. 23, ss. 29, 31(2), Sch. 7 para. 5(3))
art. 61(7A) words inserted by 2008 c. 28 s. 12(6)(a)(iii) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 12 omitted (14.12.2011) by virtue of 2011 c. 23, ss. 29, 31(2), Sch. 7 para. 5(3))
art. 61(7A) words substituted by 2010 c. 17 s. 10(2)(a)
art. 61(7A)(a) words substituted by 2010 c. 17 s. 10(2)(b)
art. 61(8) words substituted by 2010 c. 17 s. 10(3)
art. 61(8A) substituted by 2010 c. 17 s. 8(4)
art. 61(9)(b) words inserted by 2019 c. 3 Sch. 4 para. 20(5)
61.—(1) Except as provided by this Article no person's fingerprints may be taken without the appropriate consent.
(2) Consent to the taking of a person's fingerprints must be in writing if it is given at a time when he is at a police station.
[F1(3) The fingerprints of a person detained at a police station may be taken without the appropriate consent if—
[F2(4A) Where a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (3) or (4) has already has his fingerprints taken in the course of the investigation of the offence by the police, that fact shall be disregarded for the purposes of that paragraph if—
(5) An officer may give an authorisation under paragraph (4AA) orally or in writing, but if he gives it orally he shall confirm it in writing as soon as is practicable.]
(6) Any person's fingerprints may be taken without the appropriate consent if
[F3(a)he has been convicted of a recordable offence; or
(b)he has been given a caution in respect of a recordable offence which, at the time of the caution, he has admitted.]
[F4(6A) A constable may take a person's fingerprints without the appropriate consent if—
(6C) The taking of fingerprints by virtue of paragraph (6A) does not count for any of the purposes of this Order as taking them in the course of the investigation of an offence by the police.]
(7) In a case where by virtue of[F1 paragraph (3), (4) [F5, (6) or (6A)]] a person's fingerprints are taken without the appropriate consent—
[F6(7A) If a person's fingerprints are taken at a police station, [F7or by virtue of paragraph (6A) at a place other than a police station,] whether with or without the appropriate consent—
(a)before the fingerprints are taken, an officer [F8(or, in a paragraph (6A) case, the constable)] shall inform him that they may be the subject of a speculative search; and
(8) If he is detained at a police station when the fingerprints are taken, the reason for taking them[F6 and, in the case falling within paragraph (7A), the fact referred to in sub-paragraph (b) of that paragraph] shall be recorded on his custody record.
[F9(8A) The fingerprints of a person detained at a police station may be taken without the appropriate consent by a constable.]
(8B) F10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(a)affects any power conferred by paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971[F11, section 141 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 or regulations made under section 144 of that Act]; or
[F12(b)applies to a person arrested or detained under the terrorism provisions]
[F13(10) Nothing in this Article applies to a person arrested under an extradition arrest power.]
F12004 NI 9
F2Art. 61(4A)-(5) inserted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 30(2)
F3Words in art. 61(6) substituted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 30(3)
F4Art. 61(6A)-(6C) inserted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 30(4)
F5Words in art. 61(7) substituted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 30(5)
F61995 NI 17
F7Words in art. 61(7A) inserted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 30(6)(a)
F8Words in art. 61(7A)(a) inserted (1.3.2007) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/288 (N.I. 2)), arts. 1(2), 30(6)(b)
F92003 c. 6
F10Art. 61(8B) repealed (12.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 112(1)(2), 116(6), Sch. 7 para. 128(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 13
F111999 c. 33
F122000 c. 11
F132003 c. 41
C1Art. 61 applied (with modifications) (18.5.2009) by Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to the Police Ombudsman) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/142), art. 3, Sch. 1, Sch. 2