Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

This section states who are qualified persons to perform forensic procedures.

A doctor, dentist or forensic nurse examiner is a qualified person to perform an intimate forensic procedure and a non-intimate forensic procedure.

A DNA sampler is a qualified person for taking a DNA sample.

An authorised examiner is a qualified person to perform a non-intimate forensic procedure that is a non-medical examination.

A police officer is a qualified person for taking identifying particulars.

Without limiting subsections (2) to (5), a person who is specifically authorised under this chapter to perform a procedure that is a forensic procedure is a qualified person to perform the forensic procedure.

If a qualified person may take a person’s identifying particulars under this chapter, the qualified person may also photograph the person’s identifying particulars.