The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Commencement No.14) Order 2011
This Order brings into force on 7th March 2011 section 117 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. Section 117 amends section 61 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60). The amendment gives a police constable the power to take a person’s fingerprints without their consent where the person is unknown to the officer and their name cannot reasonably be ascertained, or where an officer has reasonable grounds for doubting the validity of the name given.