New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 86

86 Destruction of forensic material where interim order disallowed or specified retention period ended

(1) If an interim order made under section 32 for the carrying out of a forensic procedure is disallowed after the forensic procedure is carried out, the investigating police officer concerned must ensure that--

(a) any forensic material obtained as a result of carrying out the forensic procedure is destroyed as soon as practicable after the disallowance, and

(b) a copy of the results of any analysis of the forensic material are made available by the person who conducted the analysis to the suspect.

Note : Part 13 contains provisions about making copies of material available to the suspect. Section 3 (5) explains the meaning of
"destroy" .

(2) If an order for--

(a) the carrying out of a forensic procedure made under section 80, or

(b) the retention of forensic material under section 81,

specifies a period for which forensic material obtained as a result of the carrying out of the procedure may be retained the forensic material is to be destroyed as soon as practicable after the end of the period.