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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
78Carrying out of forensic procedure following conviction
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78 Carrying out of forensic procedure following conviction
(1) If a court orders a serious offender who is in custody at a correctional
centre or another place of detention to permit a forensic procedure to
be carried out under this part, the court may order that a police officer,
together with a person who, under part 2.6 (Carrying out forensic
procedures), may carry out the forensic procedure, be permitted to
attend on the serious offender in the correctional centre or place of
detention to allow the forensic procedure to be carried out.
Note Correctional centre includes a NSW correction centre, see the dictionary.
(2) If a court orders a serious offender who is not in custody at a
correctional centre or another place of detention to permit a forensic
procedure to be carried out, the court may order the serious offender
to attend at a police station (or other place ordered by the court) within
a period ordered by the court to allow the forensic procedure to be
(3) A serious offender ordered to permit the carrying out of a forensic
procedure must not intentionally fail to permit the forensic procedure
to be carried out.
Part 2.8 Carrying out of forensic
procedures on volunteers and
certain other people