sec.458Application for forensic procedure order

### sec.458 Application for forensic procedure order A police officer may apply to a magistrate in the approved form for an order ( forensic procedure order ) authorising a qualified person to perform an intimate or non-intimate forensic procedure, or both an intimate and a non-intimate forensic procedure, on the person named in the application. If the person is a child, the application must be made to a Childrens Court magistrate. The application— must be sworn and state the grounds on which it is made; and may be made whether or not the person has previously consented to the forensic procedure being performed. The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the police officer gives the magistrate the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires. The magistrate may require additional information supporting the application to be given by statutory declaration. s 458 (prev s 248) renum 2000 No. 22 s 17 amd 2003 No. 19 s 3 sch sub 2003 No. 49 s 10 (sec.458-ssec.1) A police officer may apply to a magistrate in the approved form for an order ( forensic procedure order ) authorising a qualified person to perform an intimate or non-intimate forensic procedure, or both an intimate and a non-intimate forensic procedure, on the person named in the application. (sec.458-ssec.2) If the person is a child, the application must be made to a Childrens Court magistrate. (sec.458-ssec.3) The application— must be sworn and state the grounds on which it is made; and may be made whether or not the person has previously consented to the forensic procedure being performed. (sec.458-ssec.4) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the police officer gives the magistrate the information the magistrate requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires. The magistrate may require additional information supporting the application to be given by statutory declaration. - (a) must be sworn and state the grounds on which it is made; and - (b) may be made whether or not the person has previously consented to the forensic procedure being performed.