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CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (IDENTIFYING PEOPLE) ACT 2002 - SECT 62

62 .         Identifying information of volunteers

        (1)         Unless subsection (2) applies, identifying information of a volunteer obtained under Part 4 Division 2 —

            (a)         must not —

                  (i)         be compared with other information, whether or not in a forensic database; or

                  (ii)         be put in a forensic database,

                except in accordance with the decision of the volunteer, or responsible person, made or changed under section 20; and

        [(b)         deleted]

            (c)         must be destroyed in accordance with the decision of the volunteer, or responsible person, made or changed under section 20.

        (2)         If a volunteer from whom identifying information is obtained under Part 4 Division 2 —

            (a)         is subsequently reasonably suspected of having committed a serious offence, section 66 applies to the information; or

            (b)         is subsequently charged with a serious offence, section 67 applies to the information,

                unless the information should have been destroyed.

        [Section 62 amended: No. 15 of 2011 s. 4.]



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