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Statutory Instruments
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Made
5th October 2022
Laid before Parliament
6th October 2022
Coming into force
30th October 2022
The Secretary of State makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(1) of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012( 1).
1. This Order may be cited as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2022 and comes into force on 30th October 2022.
2. This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
3.—(1) The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory, and Saving Provisions) Order 2013( 2)is amended as follows.
(2) In article 7A (Northern Ireland material), for “2022” substitute “2024”.
4.—(1) The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2018( 3)is revoked.
(2) The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020( 4)is revoked.
Steve Baker
Minister of State
Northern Ireland Office
5th October 2022
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order extends by two years the duration of transitional provisions for Northern Ireland in connection with the coming into force of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9)(“ the Act”) (destruction, retention and use of biometric data).
Articles 7, 7A and 7B of the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2013 ( S.I. 2013/1813) (“ the 2013 Order”) provide that material taken, held or (in the case of a DNA profile) derived from a sample taken in Northern Ireland, under the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11), the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28)or the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (c. 23)before the coming into force of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Act (“pre commencement material”) is not subject to the relevant destruction requirements contained in Schedule 1 to the Act until 31st October 2022.
Article 2 of this Order amends article 7A of the 2013 Order. This extends by two years the transitional period in respect of Northern Ireland pre-commencement material, with the effect that such material is not subject to the destruction requirements contained in Schedule 1 to the Act until 31st October 2024.
This Order revokes the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2018 ( S.I. 2018/657) and the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Destruction, Retention and Use of Biometric Data) (Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) (Amendment) Order 2020 ( S.I. 2020/688).
A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sector is foreseen.
S.I. 2013/1813, amended by S.I. 2015/1739, 2016/682, 2018/657and 2020/688; there are other amending instruments, but none is relevant.