Forensic Procedures Act 2000
34BRequiring police officers and members of the Police Service to undergo non-intimate forensic procedures
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34B Requiring police officers and members of the Police Service to undergo non-intimate forensic procedures
[Section 34B Inserted by No. 34 of 2008, s. 5, Applied:19 Nov 2008]
(1) The Commissioner of Police may require a police officer or member of the Police Service to undergo one or more of the following non-intimate forensic procedures carried out in accordance with this Act for the purpose of differentiating the police officer's or member's forensic material from other forensic material found at a particular crime scene specified by the Commissioner and which the officer or member has attended in the course of his or her duties:
(a) the taking of a sample of saliva;
(b) the taking of a sample by buccal swab.
(2) A requirement under subsection (1) may be made even if the Commissioner of Police has made such a requirement in respect of that police officer or member of the Police Service previously.
(3) The Commissioner of Police may require a member of the Police Service who was appointed as such after the commencement of this section to undergo one or more of the following non-intimate forensic procedures carried out in accordance with this Act for the purpose of differentiating the member's forensic material from other forensic material found at crime scenes generally:
(a) the taking of a sample of saliva;
(b) the taking of a sample by buccal swab.