Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (IDENTIFYING PEOPLE) ACT 2002 - SECT 11

11 .         Application of this Act

        (1)         In this section —

        identifying particular , in relation to a person, means —

            (a)         a print of the person’s hands (including fingers), feet (including toes) or ears;

            (b)         a photograph of the person (including of an identifying feature of the person);

            (c)         an impression of an identifying feature of the person (including a dental impression);

            (d)         a sample of the person’s hair taken for purposes other than obtaining the person’s DNA profile;

            (e)         the person’s DNA profile;

            (f)         an identifying particular of the person that is prescribed under section 17, 23, 34, 47 or 52A;

        law enforcement officer means a police officer or a person appointed under a written law for a public purpose.

        (2)         This Act does not apply —

            (a)         to a person who, not being a law enforcement officer acting in the course of duty, obtains an identifying particular from, or a personal detail of, another person; or

            (b)         to an identifying particular, or a personal detail, obtained by such a person.

        (3)         This Act does not apply to or in respect of an identifying particular, or a personal detail, obtained in accordance with another written law.

        [Section 11 amended: No. 22 of 2013 s. 9.]