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CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 105

Material required to be made available to suspect, serious offender or volunteer

    (1)     Material from samples or copies or any other material, that must be made available to a suspect, serious offender or volunteer under this Act—

        (a)     may be sent to the suspect, serious offender or volunteer at his or her last-known address (if any), or to the suspect's, serious offender's or volunteer's lawyer (if any) at his or her last-known address; or

        (b)     if there is no known address as mentioned in paragraph (a)—may be made available for collection by the suspect, serious offender or volunteer at the police station where an investigating police officer was based when the forensic procedure was carried out.

    (2)     Material of any kind (other than material from samples and copies of records made under section 45 (Records of applications and interim orders)) that is required by this Act to be made available to a suspect, serious offender or volunteer must be made available in accordance with subsection (1)—

        (a)     as soon as practicable after the material comes into existence; or

        (b)     if the material is requested by the suspect, serious offender or volunteer or the suspect's, serious offender's or volunteer's interview friend or lawyer—as soon as practicable after the making of the request.

Note     Section 60 (4) (a) deals with the timing of making sample material available, s 45 (3) deals with the timing of making copies available of records mentioned in s 45.



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