The Act Commentary on Sections Part 1: Regulation of biometric data Section 13: Destruction of copies
99.Section 13 inserts new section 63Q into PACE which provides that all copies of fingerprints and DNA profiles held by the police must be destroyed when the obligation to destroy material set out in section 1 applies. This would also cover material held on behalf of the police by those providing services under contract, such as on the national databases or in forensic science laboratories.