34EPolice request for consent to sampling procedure

34E Police request for consent to sampling procedure

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

(1)  A police officer may request a parent of a young child to consent to the carrying out of a sampling procedure on the young child.

(2)  If a police officer makes a request under subsection (1) , the police officer must inform the parent of the young child of the following matters:

(a) the purpose for which the sampling procedure is to be carried out;

(b) the way in which the sampling procedure is to be carried out;

(c) that the sampling procedure may produce evidence that might be used in a court of law;

(d) that the sampling procedure will be carried out by a person who is authorised under section 34K(2) to carry out the procedure;

(e) that the parent may refuse to consent to the carrying out of the sampling procedure and that the refusal to consent to the sampling procedure may result in a police officer applying to a magistrate to make an order authorising the carrying out of the sampling procedure;

(f) that the parent may withdraw his or her informed consent to the carrying out of the sampling procedure on the young child.