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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
7What is a non-intimate forensic procedure?
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7 What is a non-intimate forensic procedure?
A non-intimate forensic procedure is any of the following forensic
procedures:
(a) an examination of a part of the body (other than the genital or
anal area, buttocks, or, for a female or a transgender or intersex
person who identifies as a female, the breasts) that requires
touching of the body or removal of clothing;
(b) the taking of a sample of hair (other than pubic hair);
(c) the taking of a sample from a nail or under a nail;
(d) the taking of a sample of saliva or a sample by buccal swab;
(e) the taking of a sample by swab or washing from any external
part of the body (other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks,
or, for of a female or a transgender or intersex person who
identifies as a female, the breasts);
(f) the taking of a sample by vacuum suction, by scraping or by
lifting by tape from any external part of the body (other than the
genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a
breasts);
(g) the taking of a handprint, fingerprint, footprint or toeprint;
(h) the taking of a photograph or video recording of, or an
impression or cast of a wound from, a part of the body (other
than the genital or anal area, the buttocks, or, for a female or a
breasts).