Non-intimate forensic procedures authorised to be carried out on serious indictable offenders

In force

(1)

A person is authorised to carry out a non-intimate forensic procedure to which this Part applies on a person (other than a child or an incapable person) who is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a serious indictable offence in a correctional centre or other place of detention—

(a)

with the informed consent of the serious indictable offender, or

(b)

by order of a police officer under section 70, or

(c)

by order of a court under section 74.

(2)

A person is authorised to carry out a non-intimate forensic procedure to which this Part applies on a child, or an incapable person, who is serving a sentence of imprisonment for a serious indictable offence in a correctional centre or other place of detention by order of a court under section 74.

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62 Non-intimate forensic procedures authorised to be carried out on serious indictable offenders