The Act Commentary on Sections Part 1: Regulation of biometric data Section 12: Material obtained for one purpose and used for another
98.This section inserts new section 63P into PACE. Under new section 63P, where a person arrested for one offence is subsequently arrested for, charged with or convicted of a second unrelated offence, the retention of that person’s section 63D material will be governed by the rules applicable to the second offence.