sec.488BCommissioner may enter into DNA arrangement

### sec.488B Commissioner may enter into DNA arrangement The commissioner may enter into a contract or other arrangement (each a DNA arrangement ) with 1 or both of the following about analysing DNA under section 489 — the Director of Forensic Science Queensland under the Forensic Science Queensland Act 2024 ; the chief executive officer, however described, of an accredited laboratory. In this section— accredited laboratory means a laboratory accredited as complying with ISO/IEC 17025 by— the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia; or another entity the commissioner is satisfied is appropriately qualified to accredit a laboratory for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025. ISO/IEC 17025 means the standard titled ‘ISO/IEC 17025—General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories’, published jointly by the International Organisation for Standardisation and the International Electrotechnical Commission. s 488B ins 2014 No. 1 s 20 amd 2024 No. 8 s 69 (sec.488B-ssec.1) The commissioner may enter into a contract or other arrangement (each a DNA arrangement ) with 1 or both of the following about analysing DNA under section 489 — the Director of Forensic Science Queensland under the Forensic Science Queensland Act 2024 ; the chief executive officer, however described, of an accredited laboratory. (sec.488B-ssec.2) In this section— accredited laboratory means a laboratory accredited as complying with ISO/IEC 17025 by— the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia; or another entity the commissioner is satisfied is appropriately qualified to accredit a laboratory for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025. ISO/IEC 17025 means the standard titled ‘ISO/IEC 17025—General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories’, published jointly by the International Organisation for Standardisation and the International Electrotechnical Commission. - (a) the Director of Forensic Science Queensland under the Forensic Science Queensland Act 2024 ; - (b) the chief executive officer, however described, of an accredited laboratory. - (a) the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia; or - (b) another entity the commissioner is satisfied is appropriately qualified to accredit a laboratory for compliance with ISO/IEC 17025.