Sch 8 para 20J
In paragraphs 20A to 20I— “ DNA profile ” means any information derived from a DNA sample; “ DNA sample ” means any material that has come from a human body and consists of or includes human cells; “ fingerprints ” has the meaning given by section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Part 5 definitions); “ paragraph 20A material ” has the meaning given by paragraph 20A(2); “ police force ” means any of the following— the metropolitan police force; a police force maintained under section 2 of the Police Act 1996 (police forces in England and Wales outside London); the City of London police force; the Police Service of Scotland; the Scottish Police Authority; the Police Service of Northern Ireland; the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; the Ministry of Defence Police; the Royal Navy Police; the Royal Military Police; the Royal Air Force Police; the British Transport Police; and references to a police force are to be read as including the tri-service serious crime unit (as described in section 375(1A) of the Armed Forces Act 2006); “recordable offence” has— in relation to a conviction in England and Wales, the meaning given by section 118(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, and in relation to a conviction in Northern Ireland, the meaning given by Article 2(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989; “ relevant physical data ” has the meaning given by section 18(7A) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995; “ responsible chief officer of police ” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in England or Wales, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the chief officer of police for the police area— in which the material concerned was taken, or in the case of a DNA profile, in which the sample from which the DNA profile was derived was taken; “ responsible chief officer of police ” means, in relation to relevant physical data or samples taken or provided in Scotland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken or provided, the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland — in which the material concerned was taken or provided, or in the case of a DNA profile, in which the sample from which the DNA profile was derived was taken; “ responsible chief officer of police ” means, in relation to fingerprints or samples taken in Northern Ireland, or a DNA profile derived from a sample so taken, the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland.