34DCircumstances for carrying out sampling procedures on young children

34D Circumstances for carrying out sampling procedures on young children

[Section 34D Inserted by No. 28 of 2014, s. 16, Applied:17 Dec 2014]

(1)  A sampling procedure may be carried out on a young child in accordance with this Act, for a purpose referred to in section 34J(1)  –

(a) if a parent of the young child has given informed consent to the carrying out of the sampling procedure on the young child; or

(b) on the order of a magistrate.

(2)  For the purposes of this Part, a parent of a young child gives informed consent to the carrying out of a sampling procedure on the young child if the parent consents to the carrying out of the sampling procedure after a police officer has –

(a) requested the parent to consent to the sampling procedure under section 34E(1) ; and

(b) informed the parent in accordance with section 34E(2) .