129Interfering or tampering with, or destroying, samples

129 Interfering or tampering with, or destroying, samples

129 Interfering or tampering with, or destroying, samples

A person must not interfere or tamper with, or destroy, a sample of blood or a non-invasive sample provided by or taken from a juvenile justice officer under Division 2 of Part 4A of the Act unless the sample is destroyed—

(a) by or at the direction of a government analyst in the course of or on completion of analysis, or

(b) in the case of a sample handed to a person on behalf of a juvenile justice officer, by or at the direction of the person, or

(c) after the expiration of 12 months commencing on the day on which the sample was taken or provided, or a longer period (being no more than 5 years) as directed by the Secretary in respect of the sample in a direction made before such an expiration.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.