Refusal or failure to permit forensic procedure
75ZD Refusal or failure to permit forensic procedure
An untested registrable person in respect of whom a forensic procedure is ordered to be carried out under section 75ZC must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to permit the forensic procedure to be carried out.
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment, or both.
If a police officer suspects on reasonable grounds that a person has committed an offence under this section, the police officer may, without a warrant, arrest the person for the purpose of carrying out the forensic procedure concerned.
A police officer who arrests a person under subsection (2) must, as soon as is reasonably practicable after the forensic procedure is carried out, release the person.
Nothing in this section affects any power of a police officer to arrest and deal with the person under Part 8 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002.
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