145ANon-intimate procedures

145A Non-intimate procedures rank of Senior Sergeant or a higher rank may approve the carrying out of a non-intimate procedure on a person: (a) whom the member reasonably suspects has committed an indictable offence; or (b) who is in lawful custody charged with an offence punishable by imprisonment. (2) A member of the Police Force may, in accordance with the approval, carry out the non-intimate procedure. (2A) If the non-intimate procedure is the taking of a sample by buccal swab, a member of the Police Force may direct the person to provide the sample. (3) A person is not to be taken to have provided a sample unless the sample is sufficient to enable an analysis of it to be carried out. Police Administration Act 1978 131 (4) A member of the Police Force may use reasonable force when exercising his or her powers under this section.