Forensic Procedures Act 2000
61Liability for forensic procedures
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61 Liability for forensic procedures
No civil or criminal liability is incurred by any person, including a police officer, who carries out, or helps to carry out, a forensic procedure under this Act in respect of any thing done by the person in carrying out, or helping to carry out, the forensic procedure if –
(a) the person believed on reasonable grounds that –
(i) informed consent had been given to the carrying out of the forensic procedure; or
(ii) the carrying out of the forensic procedure without informed consent had been duly authorised by an order made by a police officer or magistrate under this Act; and
(b) the thing was done in good faith; and
(c) the doing of the thing done was reasonable in all the circumstances.