20 Appointment and functions of Commissioner
Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (2012 c 9) | Legislation

The Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material

20  Appointment and functions of Commissioner

(1)     The Secretary of State must appoint a Commissioner to be known as the Commissioner for the Retention and Use of Biometric Material (referred to in this section and section 21 as “the Commissioner”).

(2)     It is the function of the Commissioner to keep under review—

(a)     every national security determination made or renewed under—

(i)     section 63M of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (section 63D material retained for purposes of national security),

(ii)     paragraph 20E of Schedule 8 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (paragraph 20A material retained for purposes of national security),

(iii)     section 18B of the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (section 18 material retained for purposes of national security),

(iv)     paragraph 11 of Schedule 6 to the Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures Act 2011 (paragraph 6 material retained for purposes of national security),

[(iva)     paragraph 46 of Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019,]

[(ivb)     paragraph 22 of Schedule 6 to the National Security Act 2023,

(ivc)     paragraph 11 of Schedule 12 to that Act,]

(v)     section 18G of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (certain material

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