Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (IDENTIFYING PEOPLE) ACT 2002 - SECT 70

70 .         Destroying identifying information

        (1)         If this Part requires identifying information to be destroyed on the occurrence of an event or on a request, it must be destroyed as soon as practicable after the event occurs or the request is made.

        (2)         If this Part requires identifying information to be destroyed, all means of connecting the identifying information with the person whose identifying information it is must be destroyed.

        (3)         If this Part requires identifying information to be destroyed, identifying information that consists of a DNA profile of a person may be kept in a DNA database for statistical purposes if other identifying information that would enable the identity of the person to be discovered is destroyed.