Forensic Procedures Act 2000
34GApplication for order of magistrate authorising sampling procedure
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34G Application for order of magistrate authorising sampling procedure
[Section 34G Inserted by No. 28 of 2014, s. 16, Applied:17 Dec 2014]
(1) For the purposes of section 34D(1) , a police officer may apply to a magistrate for an order authorising the carrying out of a sampling procedure on a young child.
(2) An application under subsection (1) must –
(a) be in writing; and
(b) be supported by evidence on oath, or an affidavit, dealing with the matters referred to in section 34I(7) ; and
(c) specify the purpose or purposes, as set out in section 34J(1) , for which the sampling procedure is required to be carried out on the young child; and
(d) specify the type of sampling procedure sought to be carried out on the young child.