Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 71

Before a request is made under section 70, the police officer must be satisfied on the balance of probabilities that—

        (a)     for a person on whom the procedure is proposed to be carried out who is not serving a sentence of imprisonment at a correctional centre or other place of detention—the person is a serious offender; and

Note     Correctional centre includes a NSW correction centre, see the dictionary.

        (b)     the request for consent to carry out the forensic procedure is justified in all the circumstances.