Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2026
sch.11-sec.37Application for disease test orders— Act , s 540
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sch.11-sec.37 Application for disease test orders— Act , s 540
This section sets out the responsibilities of a police officer who applies for a disease test order in relation to a relevant person under section 540 (2) of the Act . The police officer must include the following information in the application— the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station; as part of the information required under section 540 (3) of the Act — the name of the relevant person; and the chapter 18 offence the officer reasonably suspects the relevant person has committed; and the information or evidence being relied on to satisfy the magistrate or Childrens Court of the matters mentioned in section 542 (5) of the Act ; and without limiting subparagraph (iii) , if the officer reasonably suspects that during, or soon after, the commission of the chapter 18 offence, the relevant person may have transmitted semen, blood, saliva, another bodily fluid or a relevant disease to another person—the information or evidence being relied on to support the reasonable suspicion; the date the copy of the application, and the information mentioned in section 540 (4) of the Act , were given under that subsection; for each notice given under section 541 of the Act —the date the notice was given. (sch.11-sec.37-ssec.1) This section sets out the responsibilities of a police officer who applies for a disease test order in relation to a relevant person under section 540 (2) of the Act . (sch.11-sec.37-ssec.2) The police officer must include the following information in the application— the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station; as part of the information required under section 540 (3) of the Act — the name of the relevant person; and the chapter 18 offence the officer reasonably suspects the relevant person has committed; and the information or evidence being relied on to satisfy the magistrate or Childrens Court of the matters mentioned in section 542 (5) of the Act ; and without limiting subparagraph (iii) , if the officer reasonably suspects that during, or soon after, the commission of the chapter 18 offence, the relevant person may have transmitted semen, blood, saliva, another bodily fluid or a relevant disease to another person—the information or evidence being relied on to support the reasonable suspicion; the date the copy of the application, and the information mentioned in section 540 (4) of the Act , were given under that subsection; for each notice given under section 541 of the Act —the date the notice was given.
- (a) the officer’s name, rank, registered number and station;
- (b) as part of the information required under section 540 (3) of the Act — (i) the name of the relevant person; and (ii) the chapter 18 offence the officer reasonably suspects the relevant person has committed; and (iii) the information or evidence being relied on to satisfy the magistrate or Childrens Court of the matters mentioned in section 542 (5) of the Act ; and (iv) without limiting subparagraph (iii) , if the officer reasonably suspects that during, or soon after, the commission of the chapter 18 offence, the relevant person may have transmitted semen, blood, saliva, another bodily fluid or a relevant disease to another person—the information or evidence being relied on to support the reasonable suspicion;