9Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing

9 Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing

(1)  This regulation applies to the taking of a bodily sample, other than a bodily sample that is a sample of blood, from a donor for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure that is DNA typing.

(2)  A sampler must not take a bodily sample from a donor with a swab, unless the swab –

(a) has not been used previously for any purpose; and

(b) has been sterilised.

(3)  A sampler must not take a skin scraping or a hair root from a donor with an implement unless the implement has been sterilised.