Forensic Procedures Act 2000

A DNA profile derived from forensic material found, or obtained from the carrying out of a forensic procedure, before the commencement of this Act may be placed on the appropriate index of the DNA database system.

Despite subsection (1), information obtained from analysis of forensic material taken from a volunteer before the commencement of this Act must not be placed on the DNA database system unless the volunteer and, if the volunteer is under the age of 15 years, the volunteer's parent have been informed of the matters set out in section 30(c).