sch.11-sec.36Applications for order authorising DNA samples to be taken from children— Act , s 488

sch.11-sec.36 Applications for order authorising DNA samples to be taken from children— Act , s 488

This section sets out the responsibilities of a police officer who applies under section 488 (2) of the Act for an order authorising a DNA sampler to take a DNA sample from a child for DNA analysis. The police officer must include all of the following information in the application— the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station; the name of the child; the indictable offence mentioned in section 488 (1) (a) of the Act ; for each notice given under section 488 (3) of the Act —the date the notice was given; if a notice, required to be given to a parent of the child under section 488 (3) (b) of the Act , was not given because the parent could not be found—information about the reasonable inquiry made by the police officer to find the parent; the information or evidence being relied on to satisfy the Childrens Court of the matters mentioned in section 488 (4) of the Act . (sch.11-sec.36-ssec.1) This section sets out the responsibilities of a police officer who applies under section 488 (2) of the Act for an order authorising a DNA sampler to take a DNA sample from a child for DNA analysis. (sch.11-sec.36-ssec.2) The police officer must include all of the following information in the application— the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station; the name of the child; the indictable offence mentioned in section 488 (1) (a) of the Act ; for each notice given under section 488 (3) of the Act —the date the notice was given; if a notice, required to be given to a parent of the child under section 488 (3) (b) of the Act , was not given because the parent could not be found—information about the reasonable inquiry made by the police officer to find the parent; the information or evidence being relied on to satisfy the Childrens Court of the matters mentioned in section 488 (4) of the Act .

• (a) the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station;
• (b) the name of the child;
• (c) the indictable offence mentioned in section 488 (1) (a) of the Act ;
• (d) for each notice given under section 488 (3) of the Act —the date the notice was given;
• (e) if a notice, required to be given to a parent of the child under section 488 (3) (b) of the Act , was not given because the parent could not be found—information about the reasonable inquiry made by the police officer to find the parent;
• (f) the information or evidence being relied on to satisfy the Childrens Court of the matters mentioned in section 488 (4) of the Act .