(1) Paragraph 14 of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (rights of persons detained in England, Wales or Northern Ireland: retention and use of fingerprints and samples etc) is amended as follows.
(2) In sub-paragraph (2) (purposes for which fingerprints and samples may be used) for the words from "or for purposes related" to the end substitute "or as mentioned in sub -paragraph (2A)".
(3) After that sub-paragraph insert -
"(2A) The fingerprints or samples may be used -
(a) in the interests of national security,
(b) for purposes related to the prevention or detection of crime, the investigation of an offence or the conduct of a prosecution, or
(c) for purposes related to the identification of a deceased person or of the person from whom the material came.".
(4) Omit sub-paragraph (3).
(5) In sub-paragraph (4) (what fingerprints, samples or other information may be checked against), after paragraph (b) insert -
"(ba) material to which section 18 of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 a