Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
6What is an intimate forensic procedure?
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6 What is an intimate forensic procedure? An intimate forensic procedure is any of the following forensic procedures: (a) an external examination of the genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as a female, the breasts; (b) the taking of a sample of blood; (c) the taking of a sample of pubic hair; (d) the taking of a sample by swab or washing from the external genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a breasts; (e) the taking of a sample by vacuum suction, by scraping or by lifting by tape from the external genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as a female, the breasts; (f) the taking of a dental impression; (g) the taking of a photograph or video recording of, or an impression or cast of a wound from, the genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a transgender or intersex person who identifies as a female, the breasts.