Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 94A

    (1)     The Minister must ensure a DNA database system (the ACT DNA database ) is kept.

    (2)     The Minister may enter into an agreement (a database agreement ) with 1 or more entities to keep the ACT DNA database, or part of the database, on behalf of the Territory.

    (3)     To remove any doubt, if the Minister enters into a database agreement, it does not affect the Territory's powers in relation to the ACT DNA database.

    (4)     If the Minister enters into a database agreement, the Minister may access the ACT DNA database to review and audit it.

Note     The Legislation Act

, s 254A provides that the Minister may delegate the Minister's functions under an Act to ‘anyone else'. A reference to ‘anyone else' is a reference to a person generally (see Legislation Act

, s 160).