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CRIMES ACT 1900 - SECT 628

Destruction of forensic material etc

    (1)     This section applies if, before the commencement day, any of the following happened in relation to a person who committed, or who is alleged to have committed, a youth offence:

        (a)     identification material was taken from the person;

        (b)     forensic material was taken from the person;

        (c)     a forensic procedure was carried out on the person.

    (2)     The chief police officer must ensure the destruction of each of the following:

        (a)     the identification material;

        (b)     the forensic material;

        (c)     any information obtained from the forensic material;

        (d)     any record of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) to (c).

    (3)     The chief police officer must also ensure any information about a thing mentioned in subsection (2) entered into a database or record by a police officer is removed from the database or record.

    (4)     In this section:

"forensic material"—see the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000

, section 5.

"forensic procedure"—see the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000

, section 5.

"identification material", in relation to a person—see section 185.



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