Non‑intimate forensic procedure, meaning of and powers for
74 Non‑intimate forensic procedure, meaning of and powers for
A person who is authorised under this Act to do a non‑intimate forensic procedure on a person may do any or all of the following —
take a swab, or use other means, to detect a relevant thing on the external parts of the person’s body, other than his or her private parts;
remove a relevant thing attached physically to those external parts;
take a sample of a relevant thing on those external parts;
take an impression of a relevant thing on those external parts;
take a sample of a relevant thing from under a nail of the person;
remove a relevant thing from, or take a sample of a relevant thing in, the person’s mouth.
A person who is authorised under this Act to do a non‑intimate forensic procedure on a person may in addition do any or all of the following —
remove any article that the person is wearing, other than any article covering his or her private parts;
search any article removed under paragraph (a);
search the person’s external parts, other than his or her external private parts;
search the person’s mouth but not any other orifice;
photograph any relevant thing in the position it is found on the external parts of the person’s body, or in the person’s mouth.
A power under this Act to do a non‑intimate forensic procedure on a person does not include a power to do an intimate forensic procedure or an internal forensic procedure on the person.
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