Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Material from
which to obtain the DNA profile of a person may be obtained by doing one or,
subject to section 59, more than one of the following procedures in the
following order —
(a) by
doing one or both of these non-intimate identifying procedures —
(i)
taking a buccal swab from the person;
(ii)
taking a sample of the person’s hair (including the
roots), other than pubic hair;
(b) by
doing one or both of these intimate identifying procedures —
(i)
taking a sample of the person’s blood;
(ii)
taking a sample of the person’s pubic hair
(including the roots).
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1) material from which to obtain the DNA profile of a deceased
person may be obtained by taking any body tissue (including bone or teeth)
from the person.
(3) A person must not
use a procedure in subsection (1) to obtain material from a person unless it
is impracticable to use a procedure listed before that procedure.
(4) The regulations,
in relation to any specific identifying particular of a person prescribed
under section 17, 23, 34, 47 or 52A —
(a) may
specify one or more identifying procedures that may be done on the person to
obtain bodily material for the purpose of obtaining that identifying
particular of the person; and
(b) in
relation to an identifying procedure so specified, may provide that the
procedure must not be used to obtain bodily material from the person unless it
is impracticable to use another specified procedure.
[Section 8 amended: No. 22 of 2013 s. 7.]