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Crimes Act 1900
640Destruction of forensic material etc
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640 Destruction of forensic material etc
(1) This section applies if, before the commencement day, any of the
following happened in relation to a person who committed, or who is
alleged to have committed, a youth offence:
(a) identification material was taken from the person;
(b) forensic material was taken from the person;
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(c) a forensic procedure was carried out on the person.
(2) The chief police officer must ensure the destruction of each of the
(a) the identification material;
(b) the forensic material;
(c) any information obtained from the forensic material;
(d) any record of a thing mentioned in paragraph (a) to (c).
(3) The chief police officer must also ensure any information about a
thing mentioned in subsection (2) entered into a database or record by
a police officer is removed from the database or record.
forensic material—see the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000,
section 5.
forensic procedure—see the Crimes (Forensic Procedures)
Act 2000, section 5.
identification material, in relation to a person—see section 185.