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Registration of Criminals Act 1949 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Identification of Individuals

26. Appropriate consent for taking body samples from volunteers

Amended

Last amended by an amending law of 2022.

(1)

Subject to subsection (2), a body sample must not be taken from a volunteer under section 23 unless the appropriate consent is given for the taking of the body sample.

(2)

Despite subsection (1), a DNA officer may take a body sample for forensic DNA analysis from a volunteer below 16 years of age without the appropriate consent if —

(a)

the consent of the parent or guardian of the volunteer is refused without good cause or cannot be obtained despite all reasonable efforts;

(b)

the volunteer is still willing to give the body sample; and

(c)

a Magistrate sanctions the taking of the body sample.