13Form of consent—parent or guardian of child under 10 years of age

13 Form of consent—parent or guardian of child under 10 years of age

13 Form of consent—parent or guardian of child under 10 years of age

For the Act, section 81C(4)(a), the following are prescribed—

(a) the name of the parent or guardian giving consent to the carrying out of the forensic procedure,

(b) a description of the procedure,

(c) the name of the police officer who has requested the consent,

(d) the name of the independent person in whose presence the consent is given,

(e) whether the police officer has informed the parent or guardian, personally or in writing, of the matters set out in the Act, section 81C(3),

(f) a statement that the parent or guardian was informed that, under the Act, section 81M(2)—

(i) a DNA profile derived from forensic material taken from a child may only be placed on the following indexes of the DNA database system—

(A) the volunteers (limited purposes) index,

(B) the missing persons index,

(C) the unknown deceased persons index, and

(ii) if placed on an index, the DNA profile of the child may only be matched with another DNA profile on an index of the DNA database system if the matching is for a purpose for which the DNA profile of the child was placed on the index.