34CLimit on use, &c., of forensic material taken under this Part

34C Limit on use, &c., of forensic material taken under this Part

[Section 34C Inserted by No. 34 of 2008, s. 5, Applied:19 Nov 2008]

(1)  Despite any other provision of this Act –

(a) if forensic material is taken from a police officer under section 34A(1) for the purpose of differentiating the officer's forensic material from forensic material found at a particular crime scene, as specified by the officer under that section, information obtained from an analysis of the officer's forensic material must not be matched with any information obtained from an analysis of any forensic material other than information obtained from an analysis of forensic material found at that particular crime scene; or

(b) if forensic material is taken from a police officer under section 34A(1) , or from a member of the Police Service under section 34B(3) , for the purpose of differentiating the officer or member's forensic material from forensic material found at crime scenes generally, information obtained from an analysis of the officer or member's forensic material must not be matched with any information obtained from an analysis of any forensic material other than information obtained from an analysis of forensic material found at a crime scene.

(2)  Despite any other provision of this Act, information obtained from the analysis of forensic material taken from a police officer or member of the Police Service under section 34B(1) must not be matched with any information obtained from an analysis of any forensic material other than information obtained from the analysis of forensic material found at the particular crime scene specified by the Commissioner under that section.

(3)  Forensic material taken from a police officer or member of the Police Service under section 34A or 34B , and any information obtained from an analysis of such forensic material –

(a) must not be used for the purposes of an internal Police Service investigation; and

(b) may not be received or admitted as evidence in any disciplinary proceeding, or proceeding for an offence, against the police officer or member of the Police Service.