New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 101

101 Material required to be made available to suspect, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age

(1) Without limiting the way in which material from samples, copies, or any other material, that must be made available to a suspect, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age under this Act may be made available, it--

(a) may be sent to the suspect, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age at his or her last known address (if any), or to the legal representative (if any) of the suspect, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age 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, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age at the police station where the investigating police officer concerned was based at the time the forensic procedure was carried out.

(2) Material of any kind (other than material from samples and copies of records made under section 36) that is required by this Act to be made available to a suspect, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age must be made available in accordance with subsection (1)--

(a) within 90 days after the material comes into existence, or

(b) if the material is requested by the suspect, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age or the interview friend or legal representative of the suspect, offender, volunteer or person under 10 years of age, within 90 days of the request.

Note : The timing of making copies of section 36 records available is covered in section 36 (5).