37—Order for forensic material obtained by
volunteers and victims procedure to be treated as if obtained by
suspects procedure
A senior police officer may order that forensic material obtained as a result
of a volunteers and victims procedure be treated, for the purpose of Division
4 and for the purposes of the DNA database system, as if it were
forensic material obtained as a result of a suspects procedure if satisfied
that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the person on whom the
procedure was carried out has committed a serious offence and—
(a)
there are reasonable grounds to suspect that the forensic material may be of
value to the investigation of the suspected offence; or
(b) the
forensic material consists of forensic material from the person's body taken
for the purpose of obtaining a DNA profile of the person.