Other purposes for the use or disclosure of fingerprint information
464NB Other purposes for the use or disclosure of fingerprint information
S. 464NB inserted by No. 44/2022 s. 82.
Fingerprints taken in accordance with this Subdivision and any record, copy or photograph of them may be used by a person authorised in writing by the Chief Commissioner of Police for any of the following purposes—
to identify a deceased person;
to identify a person who has suffered a serious injury;
to identify a deceased person in a coronial inquest or investigation.
The Chief Commissioner of Police may disclose the identity of a person who is identified through the use of fingerprints under subsection (1) to a coroner.
The Chief Commissioner of Police may disclose the identity of a person who is identified through the use of fingerprints for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) to a medical practitioner.
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