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CRIMINAL LAW (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2007 - SECT 10

10—Withdrawal of consent

        (1)         A relevant person who has given consent to the carrying out of a volunteers and victims procedure may, by withdrawing his or her consent, withdraw the authority to carry out the procedure at any time before completion of the procedure.

        (2)         If, at any time before completion of a volunteers and victims procedure, the relevant person who has given consent to the procedure behaves in a way that would indicate withdrawal of consent to a reasonable observer, the person is taken to have withdrawn consent under subsection (1).

        (3)         If authority to carry out a volunteers and victims procedure is withdrawn under subsection (1), the procedure may only be continued or resumed if—

            (a)         a new authorisation for the procedure is obtained under this Division; or

            (b)         the procedure is authorised under some other law.

        (4)         If authority to carry out a volunteers and victims procedure is withdrawn under subsection (1), any evidence obtained as a result of the procedure is not admissible in any proceedings.



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