Identifying
information may be compared with other information in accordance with Part 9
whether that identifying information or the information to which it is being
compared was obtained or lawfully put in a forensic database before or after
the commencement of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment
Act 2011 section 11.
[Section 94 inserted: No. 15 of 2011 s. 11.]
[Part 14 (s. 95 2 , 96) deleted: No. 59 of 2006 s. 40.]
[Schedules 1 and 2 deleted: No. 59 of 2006 s. 40.]
This is a compilation of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act
2002 and includes amendments made by other written laws 1M . For provisions
that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the
compilation table. For provisions that have not yet come into operation see
the uncommenced provisions table.
Compilation table
Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
---|---|---|---|
6 of 2002 |
4 Jun 2002 |
s. 1 and 2: 4 Jun 2002; | |
Acts Amendment (Equality of Status) Act 2003 Pt. 14 |
28 of 2003 |
22 May 2003 |
1 Jul 2003 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Jun 2003 p. 2579) |
Sentencing Legislation Amendment Act 2004 s. 15 |
27 of 2004 |
14 Oct 2004 |
31 May 2006 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 May 2006 p. 1965) |
Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004
s. 80 and 82 |
84 of 2004 |
16 Dec 2004 |
2 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7129 (correction by Gazette
7 Jan 2005 p. 53)) |
Nurses and Midwives Act 2006 Sch. 3 cl. 7 |
50 of 2006 |
6 Oct 2006 |
19 Sep 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 18 Sep 2007 p. 4711) |
Reprint 1: The Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 as at 10
Nov 2006 (includes amendments listed above except those in the
Nurses and Midwives Act 2006 ) | |||
Criminal Investigation (Consequential Provisions) Act 2006 Pt. 7 |
59 of 2006 |
16 Nov 2006 |
1 Jul 2007 (see s. 2 and Gazette 22 Jun 2007 p. 2838) |
Medical Practitioners Act 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 15 |
22 of 2008 |
27 May 2008 |
1 Dec 2008 (see s. 2 and Gazette 25 Nov 2008 p. 4989) |
Criminal Law Amendment (Homicide) Act 2008 s. 28 |
29 of 2008 |
27 Jun 2008 |
1 Aug 2008 (see s. 2(d) and Gazette 22 Jul 2008 p. 3353) |
Reprint 2: The Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 as at 18
Sep 2009 (includes amendments listed above) | |||
Police Amendment Act 2009 s. 16 |
42 of 2009 |
3 Dec 2009 |
13 Mar 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 12 Mar 2010 p. 941) |
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 16 |
35 of 2010 |
30 Aug 2010 |
18 Oct 2010 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Oct 2010 p. 5075-6) |
Liquor Control Amendment Act 2010 Pt. 6 |
56 of 2010 |
8 Dec 2010 |
17 Jan 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 31 Dec 2010 p. 6887) |
Prohibited Behaviour Orders Act 2010 Pt. 5 Div. 3 |
59 of 2010 |
8 Dec 2010 |
23 Feb 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 23 Feb 2011 p. 633) |
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2011 |
15 of 2011 |
25 May 2011 |
s. 1 and 2: 25 May 2011 (see s. 2(a)); |
Reprint 3: The Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 as at 27
Jan 2012 (includes amendments listed above) | |||
Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 3 Div. 1 |
1 of 2012 |
15 Mar 2012 |
1 Jul 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 22 Jun 2012 p. 2777) |
Criminal Appeals Amendment (Double Jeopardy) Act 2012 s. 9 |
9 of 2012 |
21 May 2012 |
26 Sep 2012 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 25 Sep 2012 p. 4499) |
Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Amendment Act 2012 Pt. 4
Div. 1 |
48 of 2012 |
29 Nov 2012 |
21 Aug 2013 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 20 Aug 2013 p. 3815) |
49 of 2012 |
29 Nov 2012 |
2 Nov 2013 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 1 Nov 2013 p. 4891) | |
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2013 Pt. 2 |
22 of 2013 |
12 Nov 2013 |
s. 3- 27:13 Nov 2013 (see s. 2(c)); |
Reprint 4: The Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 as at 14
Mar 2014 (includes amendments listed above except those in the Criminal
Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2013 s. 28) | |||
Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act 2014 s. 6 |
17 of 2014 |
2 Jul 2014 |
6 Sep 2014 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 5 Sep 2014 p. 3213) |
Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (WA) Amendment Act 2018 s. 107 |
4 of 2018 |
19 Apr 2018 |
1 Dec 2018 (see s. 2(d) and Gazette 13 Nov 2018 p. 4427-8) |
COVID-19 Response and Economic Recovery Omnibus Act 2020 s. 58 |
34 of 2020 |
11 Sep 2020 |
12 Sep 2020 (see s. 2(b)) |
Liquor Control Amendment (Protected Entertainment Precincts) Act 2022 Pt. 3 |
44 of 2022 |
1 Dec 2022 |
24 Dec 2022 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2022/216 cl. 2) |
Criminal Law (Mental Impairment) Act 2023 Pt. 15 Div. 8 and s. 409 and 412 |
10 of 2023 |
13 Apr 2023 |
1 Sep 2024 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2024/175 cl. 2) |
Liquor Control Amendment (Banned Drinkers Register) Act 2023 Pt. 3 (other than
s. 34) |
25 of 2023 |
10 Nov 2023 |
14 Dec 2023 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2023/191 cl. 2) |
To view the text of the uncommenced provisions see Acts as passed on the WA
Legislation website.
Short title |
Number and year |
Assent |
Commencement |
---|---|---|---|
Liquor Control Amendment (Banned Drinkers Register) Act 2023 s. 34 |
25 of 2023 |
10 Nov 2023 |
14 Dec 2025 (see s. 2(c)) |
Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Amendment (Sex or Gender Changes)
Act 2024 Pt. 4 Div. 6 |
31 of 2024 |
26 Sep 2024 |
To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b)) |
Community Protection (Offender Reporting) Amendment Act 2024 Pt. 2 Div. 2
Subdiv. 1 and Pt. 3 Div. 2 Subdiv. 2 |
35 of 2024 |
22 Oct 2024 |
To be proclaimed (see s. 2(b)) |
1M Under the Cross-border Justice Act 2008
section 14, in order to give effect to that Act, this Act must be applied with
the modifications prescribed by the Cross-border Justice Regulations 2009
Part 3 Division 8 as if this Act had been altered in that way. If a
modification is to replace or insert a numbered provision, the new provision
is identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the provision number. If a
modification is to replace or insert a definition, the new definition is
identified by the superscript 1M appearing after the defined term.
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they
are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
Defined term Provision(s)
adult
3(1)
authorised officer 87
charged
suspect 47
child 3(1)
corresponding law 3(1), 87
database manager
79(1)
dentist 52
DNA database
3(1), 76
doctor 52
face covering 16(1)
forensic database
3(1), 61
forensic order 87
forensic purpose 3(1)
former Schedule 1 clause 6
68A(1)
former section 95
68A(1)
identifying feature 3(1)
identifying
information 3(1), 61
identifying particular
3(1), 11(1), 17, 23, 34, 47, 52A, 61
identifying
procedure 3(1)
illegal identifying information
74(1)
impression 3(1)
incapable person 3(1)
intimate identifying
procedure 3(1)
involved person
23, 25(1), 26(1)
IP warrant (involved protected person)
3(1)
IP warrant (suspect)
3(1)
JP 3(1)
judicial officer
15(1)
law enforcement officer 11(1)
non-intimate identifying procedure 3(1)
nurse
52
offence 3(1)
officer 3(1)
official details
3(1)
participating jurisdiction 3(1), 87
personal details 3(1), 16(1)
photograph
3(1)
private parts 3(1)
protected person 3(1)
Public Advocate
3(1)
public officer 3(1)
qualified person 52
reasonably suspects
3(1)
registered forensic order
90(1)
Registrar 87
relevant offence
66(1)
remote communication
3(1)
responsible person 3(1)
sample
9(1)
senior officer 3(1)
serious
offence 3(1)
serious offender
52A
statistical index 76
statutory penalty
3(1)
suspect 34,
37(1), 38(1), 43(1)
volunteer 3(1), 17
WA Police
3(1)
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