sec.453Consent must be informed consent

### sec.453 Consent must be informed consent A police officer must ensure a person asked to give a forensic procedure consent is given the explanation required under section 454 and a reasonable time to consider the explanation. If, under section 451 (2) or 452 (5) a parent is asked to give a forensic procedure consent for a child or a person with impaired capacity and the child or person is not present when the explanation required under section 454 is given to the parent, a police officer— must, to the extent that is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, give the child or person an explanation of the matters mentioned in section 454 (1) (a) to (i) ; and must tell the child or person that the child or person may object to the performance of the forensic procedure. s 453 (prev s 243) renum 2000 No. 22 s 17 sub 2003 No. 49 s 10 amd 2024 No. 24 s 57 s ch 1 pt 2 (sec.453-ssec.1) A police officer must ensure a person asked to give a forensic procedure consent is given the explanation required under section 454 and a reasonable time to consider the explanation. (sec.453-ssec.2) If, under section 451 (2) or 452 (5) a parent is asked to give a forensic procedure consent for a child or a person with impaired capacity and the child or person is not present when the explanation required under section 454 is given to the parent, a police officer— must, to the extent that is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, give the child or person an explanation of the matters mentioned in section 454 (1) (a) to (i) ; and must tell the child or person that the child or person may object to the performance of the forensic procedure. - (a) must, to the extent that is reasonably practicable in the circumstances, give the child or person an explanation of the matters mentioned in section 454 (1) (a) to (i) ; and - (b) must tell the child or person that the child or person may object to the performance of the forensic procedure.