Youth Justice Act 2005
7Intimate procedures
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7 Intimate procedures For this Act, an intimate procedure includes any of the following: (a) an internal or external examination of an intimate part of the body; (b) an internal examination of a non-intimate part of the body; (c) taking from an intimate part of the body a substance, or a sample of a substance, on or in the body; (d) taking a sample of blood (other than by a swab or washing from an external non-intimate part of the body); (e) taking a sample of pubic hair; (f) taking a sample from an intimate part of the body: (i) by swab or washing; or (ii) by vacuum suction, scraping or lifting by tape; (g) taking a dental impression or an impression of a bite mark; (h) taking a photograph, or an impression or cast, of a wound to an intimate part of the body; (i) taking an X-ray; (j) taking a sample of urine.