Crime and Security Act 2010
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 2010 c. 17 |
| Year | 2010 |
(1) Section 3 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (duty to make records concerning searches) is amended as follows.(2) In subsection (1) , for “he shall make a record of it” there is substituted “ a record of the search shall be made ” .(3) For subsection (2) there is substituted—“ who carried out the search ” .(6) After subsection (6) there is inserted—“ If a record of a search of a person has been made under this section, ” .(8) In subsection (8) , for paragraph (b) there is substituted—“ 3 months ” .(1) In the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, in section 61 (fingerprinting) , after subsection (5) there is inserted—
- “(2) If a record of a search is required to be made by subsection (1) above—
- (a) in a case where the search results in a person being arrested and taken to a police station, the constable shall secure that the record is made as part of the person's custody record;
- (b) in any other case, the constable shall make the record on the spot, or, if that is not practicable, as soon as practicable after the completion of the search.
- (v) except in the case of a search of an unattended vehicle, the ethnic origins of the person searched or the person in charge of the vehicle searched (as the case may be) ; and;
- “(6A) The requirement in subsection (6) (a) (v) above for a record to state a person's ethnic origins is a requirement to state—
- (a) the ethnic origins of the person as described by the person, and
- (b) if different, the ethnic origins of the person as perceived by the constable.
- (b) a record of the search of the vehicle has been made under this section,
- “(5A) The fingerprints of a person may be taken without the appropriate consent if (before or after the coming into force of this subsection) he...
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