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Family Law Regulations 1984
21HCollection of bodily samples for DNA typing
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21H Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing
(1) This regulation applies to the taking of a bodily sample (except a sample of blood) from a donor for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure that is DNA typing. (2) A sampler must not take a bodily sample from a donor with a swab unless the swab: (a) has not been used for any purpose; and (b) has been sterilised. (3) If the bodily sample to be taken from a donor is a skin scraping or a hair root, the implement used by the sampler to take the sample must have been sterilised before use.