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In forceUnlawful matching of DNA analysis results
Part 6APrevention of criminal consorting
529 Unlawful matching of DNA analysis results
(1)
A person must not knowingly do anything that results in a DNA record being compared with another DNA record, other than as permitted under this chapter.Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.
(2)
Subsection (1) applies whether or not the DNA record is compared with DNA records kept on the same or a separate part of QDNA or the ACC database.
(3)
It is not an offence to match DNA records in contravention of subsection (1) only for the purpose of administering QDNA or the ACC database.
(4)
In this section—DNA record means a record on QDNA or the ACC database of the results of a DNA analysis.
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