Commentary on Sections Fingerprints Section 36 Destruction of Fingerprints
101.Section 141 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 allows fingerprints to be taken in certain circumstances relating to immigration and asylum. Section 143 requires the fingerprints to be destroyed within a certain time. Section 36 removes this requirement, both for fingerprints taken in future and ones already held. Such fingerprints will now be retained for 10 years