POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 503 What person must be told before forensic examiner performs a forensic procedure

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 503

503 What person must be told before forensic examiner performs a forensic procedure

Before a forensic examiner performs a forensic procedure on a person, a police officer must tell the person—

(a) if the procedure is authorised under a forensic procedure order—a forensic procedure may be performed on the person without the person’s consent because a forensic procedure order authorises its performance; and

(b) that the person has the right to have 2 people (each of whom is an
"independent person" ) of his or her choice present while it is being performed; and

(c) that, for exercising the right mentioned in paragraph (b) , he or she may—

(i) telephone or speak to a friend or relative to inform that person of his or her whereabouts and ask the person to be present while the procedure is being performed; and

(ii) telephone or speak to a lawyer and arrange, or attempt to arrange, for the lawyer to be present while the procedure is being performed.