General rules for carrying out forensic procedures

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A forensic procedure—

(a)

must be carried out in circumstances affording reasonable privacy to the suspect and except as permitted (expressly or impliedly) by any other provision of this Act, must not be carried out in the presence or view of a person who is of the opposite sex to the suspect, and

(b)

must not be carried out in the presence or view of a person whose presence is not necessary for the purposes of the forensic procedure or required or permitted by another provision of this Act, and

(c)

must not involve the removal of more clothing than is necessary for the carrying out of the procedure, and

(d)

must not involve more visual inspection than is necessary for the carrying out of the procedure.

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44 General rules for carrying out forensic procedures