The Northern Ireland Order is similar but not identical to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984(PACE)[REF] in force for both England and Wales; in both, Article 61 and Section 61 respectively deal with fingerprinting.
The Amended Order amended the Northern Ireland Order, inserting the aforementioned paragraph 8(b) into Article 61, which was then later repealed on the 12th January 2010 after which there was no requirement for statutory approval of electronic fingerprint devices in Northern Ireland, England or Wales.