Criminal Evidence (Amendment) Act 1997

  1. Introductory Text

  2. Extension of power to take non-intimate body samples without consent

    1. 1. Persons imprisoned or detained by virtue of pre-existing conviction for sexual offence etc.

    2. 2. Persons detained following acquittal on grounds of insanity or finding of unfitness to plead.

    3. 3. Taking of samples from detained persons at place where detained.

  3. Additional time limit for purposes of 1984 Act

    1. 4. Time allowed for requiring person to attend police station to have sample taken.

  4. Supplementary

    1. 5. Interpretation.

    2. 6. Short title, repeal and extent.

  5. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      List of offences

      1. Sexual offences and offences of indecency

        1. 1.Any offence under the Sexual Offences Act 1956, other than...

        2. 2.Any offence under section 128 of the Mental Health Act...

        3. 3.Any offence under section 1 of the Indecency with Children...

        4. 4.Any offence under section 54 of the Criminal Law Act...

        5. 5.Any offence under section 1 of the Protection of Children...

      2. Violent and other offences

        1. 6.Any of the following offences— (a) murder;

        2. 7.Any offence under any of the following provisions of the...

        3. 8.Any offence under either of the following provisions of the...

        4. 9.Any offence under section 1 of the Children and Young...

        5. 10.Any offence under section 4(1) of the Criminal Law Act...

        6. 11.Any offence under any of the following provisions of the...

        7. 12.Any offence under either of the following provisions of the...

        8. 13.Any offence under section 1 of the Criminal Damage Act...

        9. 14.Any offence under section 2 of the Child Abduction Act...

      3. Conspiracy, incitement and attempts

        1. 15.Any offence under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act...

        2. 16.Any offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act...

        3. 17.Any offence of inciting another to commit any of those...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Sections 63 and 63A of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, as amended

      1. Section 63

        1. 63. Other samples

      2. Section 63A

        1. 63A. Fingerprints and samples: supplementary provisions.