(1) If —
(a)
under section 25 a request is made to an involved person or under section 26
to a responsible person; and
(b) the
person is informed in accordance with section 25 or 26, as the case requires;
and
(c) as
the case requires, either —
(i)
the involved person who is an adult consents to the
procedure and decides the matters in section 25(3)(g); or
(ii)
the responsible person consents to the procedure being
done on the involved person who is a protected person and decides the matters
in section 26(3)(g),
then the non-intimate
identifying procedure may be done on the involved person.
(2) If an involved
person who is an adult, having been —
(a)
requested under section 25 to consent to an identifying procedure; and
(b)
informed under that section,
does not consent or
withdraws consent to the procedure being done, the procedure cannot be done or
continue to be done on the involved person.
(3) If a responsible
person, having been —
(a)
requested under section 26 to consent to an identifying procedure being done
on an involved person who is a protected person; and
(b)
informed under that section,
does not consent or
withdraws consent to the procedure being done, the procedure may only be done
on the involved person if a magistrate issues an IP warrant (involved
protected person) that authorises it.