Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If it is
practicable to do so, an officer may request a charged suspect to consent to
an identifying procedure being done on the suspect for the purpose of
obtaining one or more of a charged suspect’s identifying particulars.
(2) An officer who
requests a charged suspect to consent to an identifying procedure being done
on the suspect must at the time inform the suspect of these matters —
(a) the
purpose of the procedure;
(b) how
the procedure will be done;
(c) that
information derived from the procedure may be compared with or put in a
forensic database;
(d) the
circumstances in which destruction may be requested under section 69;
(e) that
the procedure may provide evidence that could be used in a court against the
suspect;
(f) that
if the suspect does not consent or withdraws consent to the procedure —
(i)
the suspect may be arrested; and
(ii)
the procedure may be done on the suspect against the
suspect’s will.
[Section 49 amended: No. 22 of 2013 s. 19.]