Forensic Procedures Act 2000

If under this Part a non-intimate forensic procedure is authorised to be carried out on a prescribed offender – a police officer, an authorised person and any person helping in the carrying out of the forensic procedure as permitted by section 42 are authorised to attend on the offender in the prison or secure mental health unit, within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 2013, for the purpose of carrying out the forensic procedure; and if the prescribed offender is on parole and the non-intimate forensic procedure is authorised by an order under section 26, a police officer may order the offender to attend at a police station or other place within the period or at the time specified by the police officer for the carrying out of the forensic procedure.

A prescribed offender must comply with an order under subsection (1)(b). Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or both.

If a prescribed offender contravenes or fails to comply with an order under subsection (1)(b), the police officer may, for the purpose of carrying out the non-intimate forensic procedure – arrest the offender; and convey the offender to the police station or other place where the procedure is to be carried out.