Policing and Crime Bill

97ZA: After Clause 96, insert the following new Clause— "Police retention of photographs "(1) The Secretary of State must, as soon as possible, issue a code of practice to police authorities and chief constables relating to— (a) the taking of photographs by the police of individuals who have not been arrested and those who have not been charged with or found guilty of a crime; (b) the retention of such photographs by the police; (c) the circumstances in which such photographs may be shared; (d) the uses to which such photographs may be put; and (e) the destruction of such photographs at the earliest possible opportunity, in the absence of a reasonable basis for suspecting that the individual might commit an offence. (2) Among other things, the code of practice must make reference to— (a) Article 8(1) right to privacy, set out in the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42); and (b) the data protection principles in section 4 of the Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29). (3) The Secretary of State may from time to time revise the whole or part of any code of practice issued under this section."