The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Drug Testing of Persons in Police Detention) (Prescribed Persons) Regulations 2001
Section 63B of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, which was inserted into that Act by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000, gives police officers the power to request persons in police detention to give samples of urine or non-intimate samples for the purpose of testing for the presence of specified Class A drugs in the circumstances set out in that section. Regulation 2 of these Regulations prescribes the persons who may take samples for the purposes of such tests.