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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.526Unlawful supply of destroyable DNA sample
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### sec.526 Unlawful supply of destroyable DNA sample
A person must not unlawfully supply a destroyable DNA sample to another person for DNA analysis for the purpose of including the results of the analysis in QDNA or the ACC database knowing that the material was a destroyable DNA sample.
Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
In this section—
destroyable DNA sample means a DNA sample for which the time in which it must be destroyed under section 490 has passed.
s 526 ins 2003 No. 49 s 10
amd 2016 No. 48 s 18 sch 1 amdt 11 (retro)
(sec.526-ssec.1) A person must not unlawfully supply a destroyable DNA sample to another person for DNA analysis for the purpose of including the results of the analysis in QDNA or the ACC database knowing that the material was a destroyable DNA sample. Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(sec.526-ssec.2) In this section— destroyable DNA sample means a DNA sample for which the time in which it must be destroyed under section 490 has passed.