Section 63IA Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

Section 63IA of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is about Retention of material: persons convicted of an offence outside England and Wales after taking of section 63D material. It provides as follows:

(1)This section applies where—

(a)section 63D material is taken (or, in the case of a DNA profile, derived from a sample taken) in connection with the investigation of an offence,

(b)at any time before the material is required to be destroyed by virtue of this Part of this Act, the person is convicted of an offence under the law of a country or territory outside England and Wales, and

(c)the act constituting the offence mentioned in paragraph (b) would constitute a recordable offence if done in England and Wales.

(2)The material may be retained indefinitely.

(3)This section does not apply where section 63KA applies.


Source: legislation.gov.uk
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