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