South Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL LAW (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2007 - SECT 35

35—Interpretation

For the purposes of this Division, the "respondent" to an application relating to forensic material is—

            (a)         in the case of an application for a retention order—the person who requested destruction of the forensic material to which the application relates; or

            (b)         in the case of an application for an assimilation order—

                  (i)         if the person from whom the forensic material was obtained is a protected person—

                        (A)         if the person is a child—the closest available next of kin of the child; or

                        (B)         if the person is not a child—the person's guardian or, if the person does not have a guardian, the closest available next of kin of the person; or

                  (ii)         in any other case—the person from whom the forensic material was obtained.