South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2007 - SECT 20B

20B—Senior police officer may require certain persons to provide blood sample

        (1)         A forensic procedure consisting of the taking of a sample of blood may be carried out on a person under this Division if a senior police officer (the "authorising officer ) is satisfied that—

            (a)         the person is suspected of a prescribed serious offence; and

            (b)         it is likely that a person engaged in prescribed employment came into contact with, or was otherwise exposed to, biological material of the person as a result of the suspected offence.

        (2)         The authorising officer must make a written record of the grounds on which he or she determined that the forensic procedure should be carried out on a person under this Division and a copy of the record must be given to the person.

        (3)         For the avoidance of doubt, a forensic procedure may be carried out on a person under this Division whether or not the person is in lawful custody.

        (4)         This section applies whether the relevant offence was committed before, on or after the commencement of this section.