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Police Administration Act 1978
147CRetaining and analysing samples
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147C Retaining and analysing samples
(1) The Commissioner may retain a sample for the period that he or
she thinks fit.
(2) A sample may be subjected to any analysis that the Commissioner
thinks fit and any information obtained may be recorded in the
databases maintained under this Act.
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(3) However, a DNA analysis of the sample must be a type or method
of DNA analysis prescribed by the Regulations.
(4) In this section:
sample means anything obtained from carrying out a forensic