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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000
96Use of information on ACT DNA database
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96 Use of information on ACT DNA database
(a) the person accesses information on the ACT DNA database; and
(b) the access is not authorised under this section.
(2) A person may access information stored on the ACT DNA database
for 1 or more of the following purposes:
(a) the purpose of forensic comparison permitted under section 97;
(b) the purpose of making the information available, in accordance
with the regulations, to the person to whom the information
relates;
(c) the purpose of administering the ACT DNA database;
(d) the purpose of, and in accordance with, an arrangement entered
into under section 102 (Database information) for the provision
of access to information on the ACT DNA database by law
enforcement officers or anyone else prescribed by regulation;
(e) the purpose of the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters
(f) the purpose of a coronial inquest or inquiry;
(g) the purpose of investigation of a complaint by the information
privacy commissioner (or someone who has corresponding
functions under the law of another participating jurisdiction).
(3) The following entities may access information on the ACT DNA
database for the purpose of reviewing or auditing the database:
(a) the auditor-general;
(b) the human rights commissioner;
(c) the ombudsman;
(d) the information privacy commissioner;
(e) an entity of another participating jurisdiction prescribed by
regulation;
(f) any other entity prescribed by regulation.
(4) This section does not apply to information that cannot be used to
discover the identity of anyone.