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[FOI #13392 email]

Mr Stephen Doman

Reference: T10054/9

Dear Mr Doman,

Thank you for your e-mail of 16 June 12:19:35.

Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984, the police may take, without consent, DNA and fingerprints from persons who have been arrested for, charged with, informed they will be reported for or convicted of a recordable offence.

A recordable offence is any offence under United Kingdom law where the police are able to keep records of convictions and offenders on the Police National Computer (PNC).

A list of all recordable offences are listed under the National Police Records (Recordable Offences) Regulations 2000, (SI 1139/2000) as amended by The National Police Records (Recordable Offences) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 (SI 2823/2003), 2005 (SI 3106/2005) and 2007 (SI 2121/2007). These regulations were made under s.27(4) of PACE. Copies of the above Statutory Instruments can be viewed on the Office of Public Sector Information website (www.opsi.gov.uk)

Yours sincerely

Andrew Sadler

Police Powers and Protection Unit