Part ID
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Forensic procedures
History
Part ID (heading) substituted by No 41 of 2003, s 3 and Sch 3 item 40, effective 3 June 2003. For saving provision, see note under s 23C(7). The heading formerly read:
Part 1D
-
Forensic procedures
Simplified outline of operation of Part
This Part provides for forensic procedures to be carried out on:
•
suspects in relation to indictable offences (Divisions
3
,
4
and
5
); and
•
offenders in relation to prescribed and serious offences (Division
6A
); and
•
volunteers (Division
6B
).
If the carrying out of a forensic procedure is authorised under this Part, it must be carried out in accordance with rules and procedures set out in Division
6
.
If a forensic procedure covered by this Part is carried out without proper authority under this Part, evidence obtained through the procedure may be inadmissible in proceedings against the suspect (Division
7
).
However, certain rules are modified or do not apply if the forensic procedure is carried out in response to a request by a foreign country or an international tribunal, or a request by a foreign law enforcement agency (Division
9A
).
This Part also:
•
contains offences in relation to the Commonwealth DNA database system and the National Criminal Investigation DNA Database (
NCIDD
) (Division
8A
); and
•
provides for the whole or a part of the Commonwealth DNA database system to be integrated with the whole or a part of one ore more State/Territory DNA database systems to form part of NCIDD (Division
8A
); and
•
provides for the exchange of information in the Commonwealth DNA database system or a State/Territory DNA database system and the protection of the information that is exchanged (Division
11
); and
•
provides for the destruction of forensic material (Division
8
).
History
Simplified outline amended by No 34 of 2018, s 3 and Sch 1 item 101, by substituting
"
or an international tribunal,
"
for
"
(as contemplated by the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987)
"
, effective 22 November 2018. For application provision, see note under the definition of
"
authorising provision
"
in s
23WA(1)
.
Simplified outline amended by No 7 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 3 item 70, by inserting the para relating to Div 9A, effective 20 September 2012.
Simplified outline amended by No 130 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, by substituting all the words from and including
"
This Part also
"
, effective 5 November 2006. No 130 of 2006, s 3 and Sch 1 item 52 contains the following transitional provision:
Transitional
52
For the purposes of the application of Part ID of the
Crimes Act 1914
after 5 November 2006, a reference to the Commonwealth DNA database system is taken, in relation to a thing that happened before 5 November 2006, to include a reference to the DNA database system (within the meaning of that Act as in force immediately before 5 November 2006).
The words formerly read:
This Part also provides for:
•
the establishing of a DNA database system (Division
8A
); and
•
offences in relation to the DNA database system (Division
8A
); and
•
the protection of information stored in the DNA database system (Division
11
); and
•
the destruction of forensic material (Division
8A
).
Simplified Outline substituted by No 22 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 1 item 4, effective 6 October 2001. The Simplified Outline formerly read:
Simplified outline of operation of Part
This Part provides for forensic procedures to be carried out on people who are suspects in relation to indictable offences.
In different circumstances, forensic procedures may be carried out on suspects:
•
with the informed consent of the suspect; or
•
by order of a senior constable; or
•
by order of a magistrate.
If the carrying out of a forensic procedure is authorised under this Part, it must be carried out in accordance with rules and procedures set out in Division
6
.
If a forensic procedure covered by this Part is carried out without proper authority under this Part, evidence obtained through the procedure may be inadmissible in proceedings against the suspect (Division
7
).
If a forensic procedure authorised by this Part is not carried out as required by this Part (in particular Division
6
), evidence obtained through the procedure may be inadmissible in proceedings against the suspect (Division
7
).
Division
11
provides for the taking of blood samples from people convicted of serious offences.
Division 9
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General provisions relating to operation of this Part
SECTION 23YG
Material required to be made available to suspect
(1)
Material from samples, copies, or any other material, that must be made available to a suspect, offender or volunteer under this Part:
(a)
may be sent to the suspect, offender or volunteer at his or her last known address (if any), or to the suspect's, offender's or volunteer's legal representative (if any) at his or her last known address; or
(b)
if there is no known address as mentioned in paragraph (a)
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may be made available for collection by the suspect, offender or volunteer at the police station where the investigating constable was based at the time the forensic procedure was carried out.
History
s 23YG(1) amended by No 22 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 1 items 73 and 74, by inserting ``, offender or volunteer
'
'
after ``suspect
'
'
(wherever occurring) and ``, offender's or volunteer's after ``suspect's'' in para (a), effective 6 October 2001.
(2)
Subject to subsection (3), material of any kind that is required by this Part to be made available to a suspect, offender or volunteer must be made available in accordance with subsection (1):
(a)
within 14 days after the material comes into existence; or
(b)
if the material is requested by the suspect, offender or volunteer or the suspect
'
s, offender
'
s or volunteer
'
s interview friend or legal representative, within 14 days of the request.
History
S 23YG(2) substituted by No 24 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 65, applicable in relation to material that, on or after 5 April 2012, is required by Part
ID
of the
Crimes Act 1914
to be made available to a person. S 23YG(2) formerly read:
(2)
Material of any kind (other than material from samples and copies of records made under section
23XE
) that is required by this Part to be made available to a suspect, offender or volunteer must be made available in accordance with subsection (1):
(a)
within 7 days after the material comes into existence; or
(b)
if the material is requested by the suspect, offender or volunteer or the suspect's, offender's or volunteer's interview friend or legal representative, within 7 days of the request.
Note:
The timing of making sample material available is covered in section
23XU
. The timing of making copies of section
23XE
records available is covered in subsection
23XE(5)
.
S 23YG(2) amended by No 22 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 1 items 73, 75 and 75A, by inserting ``, offender or volunteer
'
'
after ``suspect
'
'
, substituting ``subsection (1):
'
'
and paras (a) and (b) for ``subsection (1) within 7 days after the material comes into existence
'
'
and substituting ``section 23XU
'
'
for ``section 23XV
'
'
in the note, effective 6 October 2001.
(3)
Subsection (2) does not apply to:
(a)
copies of records required to be made available under subsection
23XE(5)
; and
(b)
material required to be provided under section
23XU
; and
(c)
copies of results of analysis and other information required to be provided under section
23XW
.
History
S 23YG(3) inserted by No 24 of 2012, s 3 and Sch 1 item 65, applicable in relation to material that, on or after 5 April 2012, is required by Part
ID
of the
Crimes Act 1914
to be made available to a person.
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