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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
105Material required to be made available to suspect, serious
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105 Material required to be made available to suspect, serious
offender or volunteer
(1) Material from samples or copies or any other material, that must be
made available to a suspect, serious offender or volunteer under
this Act—
(a) may be sent to the suspect, serious offender or volunteer at his
or her last-known address (if any), or to the suspect’s, serious
offender’s or volunteer’s lawyer (if any) at his or her last-known
address; or
(b) if there is no known address as mentioned in paragraph (a)—
may be made available for collection by the suspect, serious
offender or volunteer at the police station where an investigating
police officer was based when the forensic procedure was
(2) Material of any kind (other than material from samples and copies of
records made under section 45 (Records of applications and interim
orders)) that is required by this Act to be made available to a suspect,
serious offender or volunteer must be made available in accordance
with subsection (1)—
(a) as soon as practicable after the material comes into existence; or
(b) if the material is requested by the suspect, serious offender or
volunteer or the suspect’s, serious offender’s or volunteer’s
interview friend or lawyer—as soon as practicable after the
making of the request.
Note Section 60 (4) (a) deals with the timing of making sample material
available, s 45 (3) deals with the timing of making copies available of
records mentioned in s 45.