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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
86Inadmissibility of evidence if forensic material required to
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86 Inadmissibility of evidence if forensic material required to
be destroyed
(1) If this Act or a court order requires forensic material taken from a
person by a forensic procedure to be destroyed, subsection (2) applies
to—
(a) evidence of the forensic material; and
(b) if the material has not been destroyed—evidence consisting of
the forensic material; and
(c) any results of the analysis of the forensic material; and
(d) any other evidence made or obtained because of or in connection
with the carrying out of the forensic procedure.
(2) Evidence of the results of the analysis, and the other evidence, is not
admissible in any proceedings against the person.