South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts36—Order for retention of forensic material obtained by carrying out
volunteers and victims procedure on protected person
(1) If—
(a)
forensic material was obtained by carrying out a volunteers and
victims procedure on a protected person (within the meaning of Part 2 Division
1); and
(b) the
relevant person who gave consent to the procedure has requested destruction of
the forensic material,
a senior police officer may make an order authorising the retention of the
forensic material for a period specified in the order.
(2) A
senior police officer may make an order under this section if the officer is
satisfied that—
(a) the
person who gave consent, or a person related to or associated with him or her,
is suspected of a serious offence; and
(b)
there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the forensic material to which
the application relates could be of probative value in relation to the
investigation of the suspected offence; and
(c) the
order is justified in all the circumstances.
(3) If an order is
made under this section authorising the retention of forensic material for a
specified period, a senior police officer may, on application by a
police officer, extend or further extend the specified period.