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.
Police Administration Act 1978 133 (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