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(5) In this paragraph “examining officer” has the meaning given in Schedule 7.
(6) Where a person is arrested in one Part of the United Kingdom and all or part of his detention takes place in another Part, the provisions of this Schedule which apply to detention in a particular Part of the United Kingdom apply in relation to him while he is detained in that Part.
Identification
2.—(1) An authorised person may take any steps which are reasonably necessary for—
- (a) photographing the detained person,
- (b) measuring him, or
- (c) identifying him.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1) “authorised person” means any of the following—
- (a) a constable,
- (b) a prison officer,
- (c) a person authorised by the Secretary of State, and
- (d) in the case of a person detained under Schedule 7, an examining officer (within the meaning of that Schedule).
(3) This paragraph does not confer the power to take—
- (a) fingerprints, non-intimate samples or intimate samples (within the meaning given by paragraph 15 below), or
- (b) relevant physical data or samples as mentioned in section 18 of the 1995 c. 46.Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 as applied by paragraph 20 below.
Audio and video recording of interviews
3.—(1) The Secretary of State shall—
- (a) issue a code of practice about the audio recording of interviews to which this paragraph applies, and
- (b) make an order requiring the audio recording of interviews to which this paragraph applies in accordance with any relevant code of practice under paragraph (a).
(2) The Secretary of State may make an order requiring the video recording of—
- (a) interviews to which this paragraph applies;
- (b) interviews to which this paragraph applies which take place in a particular Part of the United Kingdom.
(3) An order under sub-paragraph (2) shall specify whether the video recording which it requires is to be silent or with sound.
(4) Where an order is made under sub-paragraph (2)—
- (a) the Secretary of State shall issue a code of practice about the video recording of interviews to which the order applies, and
- (b) the order shall require the interviews to be video recorded in accordance with any relevant code of practice under paragraph (a).
(5) Where the Secretary of State has made an order under sub-paragraph (2) requiring certain interviews to be video recorded with sound—
- (a) he need not make an order under sub-paragraph (1)(b) in relation to those interviews, but
- (b) he may do so.
