Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) An officer may
apply for the approval of a senior officer to do a non-intimate identifying
procedure on a suspect who is an adult if under section 40(2) the approval of
a senior officer is needed in order to do it.
(2) An officer may
apply for an IP warrant (suspect) to do an identifying procedure on a suspect
—
(a) if
the officer reasonably suspects that, if a request were made under section 37
or 38, the investigation of the offence concerned would be prejudiced; or
(b) if
under section 40(2), (3) or (4) an IP warrant (suspect) is needed in order to
do it.
[Section 42 amended: No. 22 of 2013 s. 17.]