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(5) If fingerprints are destroyed, any copies of them shall also be destroyed.

(6) A person who asks to be allowed to witness the destruction of his fingerprints or copies of them shall have a right to witness it.

(7) Nothing in this section—
 * (a) affects any power conferred by paragraph 18(2) of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 1971; or
 * (b) applies to a person arrested or detained under the terrorism provisions.

65. In this Part of this Act—
 * “appropriate consent” means—
 * (a) in relation to a person who has attained the age of 17 years, the consent of that person;
 * (b) in relation to a person who has not attained that age but has attained the age of 14 years, the consent of that person and his parent or guardian; and
 * (c) in relation to a person who has not attained the age of 14 years, the consent of his parent or guardian ;
 * “fingerprints” includes palm prints;
 * “intimate sample” means a sample of blood, semen or any other tissue fluid, urine, saliva or pubic hair, or a swab taken from a person’s body orifice;
 * “non-intimate sample” means—
 * (a) a sample of hair other than pubic hair;
 * (b) a sample taken from a nail or from under a nail;
 * (c) a swab taken from any part of a person’s body other than a body orifice;
 * (d) a footprint or a similar impression of any part of a person’s body other than a part of his hand;
 * “the terrorism provisions” means—
 * (a) section 12(1) of the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984; and
 * (b) any provision conferring a power of arrest or detention and contained in an order under section 13 of that Act; and
 * “terrorism” has the meaning assigned to it by section 14(1) of that Act.

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