Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Attorney - General may authorise, in writing, a constable to apply under Part ID of the Crimes Act 1914 for an order for the carrying out of a forensic procedure on a person if:
(a) a Tribunal has requested the procedure to be carried out on the person; and
(b) the Attorney - General is satisfied:
(i) that the request relates to a proceeding before, or an investigation conducted by, the Tribunal; and
(ii) that the person is, or is believed to be, in Australia; and
(iii) that the Tribunal has given appropriate undertakings about the retention, use and destruction of forensic material, or of information obtained from analysing that material; and
(iv) that the Tribunal has given any other undertakings that the Attorney - General considers necessary; and
(v) unless subsection (2) applies--that the person has been given an opportunity to consent to the forensic procedure and has not consented to it; and
(vi) if subsection (2) applies--of the matters in that subsection; and
(c) in the case of the person being a suspect, the constable is an authorised applicant.
(2) If the person is a child or an incapable person, the matters are:
(a) that either:
(i) the consent of a parent or guardian of the person cannot reasonably be obtained or has been withdrawn; or
(ii) a parent or guardian of the person is a suspect in relation to an offence to which the investigation or proceeding relates; and
(b) that, having regard to the best interests of the person, it is appropriate to make the authorisation.
(3) In this section:
"authorised applicant" has the same meaning as in subsection 23WA(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 .
"suspect" has the same meaning as in subsection 23WA(1) of the Crimes Act 1914 .