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(5) Nothing in subsection (3)(d) above authorises the arrest of a person under sub-paragraph (iv) of that paragraph except where members of the public going about their normal business cannot reasonably be expected to avoid the person to be arrested.

(6) This section shall not prejudice any power of arrest conferred apart from this section.

26.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, so much of any Act (including a local Act) passed before this Act as enables a constable—
 * (a) to arrest a person for an offence without a warrant; or
 * (b) to arrest a person otherwise than for an offence without a warrant or an order of a court,

shall cease to have effect.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) above affects the enactments specified in Schedule 2 to this Act.

27.—(1) If a person—
 * (a) has been convicted of a recordable offence;
 * (b) has not at any time been in police detention for the offence; and
 * (c) has not had his fingerprints taken—
 * (i) in the course of the investigation of the offence by the police; or
 * (ii) since the conviction,

any constable may at any time not later than one month after the date of the conviction require him to attend a police station in order that his fingerprints may be taken.

(2) A requirement under subsection (1) above-
 * (a) shall give the person a period of at least 7 days within which he must so attend; and
 * (b) may direct him to so attend at a specified time of day or between specified times of day.

(3) Any constable may arrest without warrant a person who has failed to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) above.

(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for recording in national police records convictions for such offences as are specified in the regulations.