Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 682
Police
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2016
Made
27th June 2016
Laid before Parliament
30th June 2016
Coming into force
30th October 2016
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012( 1 ).
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2016 and comes into force on 30th October 2016.
Amendment of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013
2. The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013( 2 ) is amended as follows.
Amendment of article 7
3. At the beginning of article 7 insert “Other than in relation to Northern Ireland material,”.
New articles 7A and 7B
4. After article 7, insert the following articles—
“ 7A. In relation to Northern Ireland material, the provisions of the Act set out in paragraphs (a) to (d) of article 7 shall apply from 31st October 2018.
7B. In articles 7 and 7A “Northern Ireland material” means material—
(a) taken,
(b) held, or
(c) (in the case of a DNA profile) derived from a sample taken,
in Northern Ireland, under the Terrorism Act 2000 ( 3 ) , the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 ( 4 ) or the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 ( 5 ) before 31st October 2013. ”
Theresa Villiers
Secretary of State
Northern Ireland Office
27th June 2016
S.I. 2013/1813 , amended by S.I. 2015/1739 ; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant