22ADNA profile to be included on DNA database system

22A DNA profile to be included on DNA database system

[Section 22A Inserted by No. 53 of 2016, s. 11, Applied:29 Nov 2017]

(1)  In this section –

DNA database system has the same meaning as in the Forensic Procedures Act 2000 ;

serious offenders index has the same meaning as in the Forensic Procedures Act 2000 .

(2)  If forensic material has been taken in accordance with section 21 from a reportable offender, the Commissioner may cause –

(a) the forensic material to be supplied to any person for analysis for the purpose of deriving a DNA profile; and

(b) the DNA profile to be included on the serious offenders index of the DNA database system.

(3)  Forensic material supplied to a person for analysis for the purposes of subsection (2) is taken to be approved forensic material for the purposes of section 52 of the Forensic Procedures Act 2000 .

(4)  If –

(a) a person's DNA profile is only included on the serious offenders index of the DNA database by reason of the person being a reportable offender; and

(b) the person ceases to be a reportable offender –

that reportable offender's DNA profile must be removed from the serious offenders index of the DNA database as soon as practicable.