Criminal Investigation Act 2006

In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears —

adult means a person who has reached 18 years of age and in respect of whom there are no reasonable grounds to suspect that he or she is an incapable person;

child means a person who is under 18 years of age and in respect of whom there are no reasonable grounds to suspect that he or she is an incapable person;

dentist means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the dental profession whose name is entered on the Dentists Division of the Register of Dental Practitioners kept under that Law;

doctor means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the medical profession;

forensic procedure means —

FP warrant (involved person) means a warrant issued under section 90;

FP warrant (suspect) means a warrant issued under section 100;

identifying particular has the meaning given to that term by the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 section 11(1);

incapable person means a person of any age —

internal forensic procedure on a person, means a procedure that complies with section 76(1);

intimate forensic procedure on a person, means a procedure that complies with section 75(1);

involved person in connection with an offence, means a person who is not a suspect for the offence but who is reasonably suspected to have been the victim of or to have witnessed the commission of the offence;

midwife means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the midwifery profession;

non‑intimate forensic procedure on a person, means a procedure that complies with section 74(1);

nurse means a person registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law (Western Australia) in the nursing profession whose name is entered on Division 1 of the Register of Nurses kept under that Law as a registered nurse;

protected person means a person who is a child or an incapable person;

Public Advocate has the meaning given to that term by the Guardianship and Administration Act 1990;

qualified person, in relation to a forensic procedure, means a person who is qualified under the regulations to do the procedure;

relevant thing, in relation to a forensic procedure, means a thing referred to in section 77(1) a search for which, or for evidence of which, is the purpose of the procedure;

responsible person, in relation to a child, means —

responsible person, in relation to an incapable person, means —

suspect for an offence, means a person who is reasonably suspected of having committed the offence and it does not matter whether or not the person —

[Section 73 amended: No. 22 of 2008 Sch. 3 cl. 16; No. 35 of 2010 s. 58; No. 11 of 2011 s. 4; No. 4 of 2018 s. 108.]

[Section 73. Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]