South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts50A—Release and disclosure for scientific purposes
(1) Despite any
provision of this Act or any other Act or law, a prescribed authority may
authorise the release, disclosure and use of forensic material and information
obtained under this Act for the following purposes:
(a) the
validation or development of forensic methodologies;
(b) the
furtherance of forensic research and methodologies.
(2) Forensic material
and information released, disclosed or used under subsection (1) may only
be released, disclosed or used in a manner such that it is not possible to
identify the person from whom the material or information was obtained or to
whom the material or information relates.
(3)
Subsection (1) does not apply to forensic material or information
obtained by carrying out a volunteers and victims procedure on a person if the
DNA profile of that person is contained only on a volunteers (limited
purposes) index.