Officer may apply for FP warrant (involved person)
88 Officer may apply for FP warrant (involved person)
Whether or not a request has been made under section 83 for consent to do a forensic procedure on an involved person who is an adult, an officer may apply for an FP warrant (involved person) to do a forensic procedure on the involved person.
Whether or not a request has been made under section 84 for consent to do a forensic procedure on an involved person who is a protected person, an officer may apply for an FP warrant (involved person) to do a forensic procedure on the involved person.
If an officer reasonably suspects that in the time it will take —
to apply for an FP warrant (involved person); and
for the application to be decided,
the relevant thing to be searched for may be disturbed or lost, the officer, without a warrant, may arrest the involved person and, having arrested the person —
may detain the person for a reasonable time to allow for the application to be made and decided; and
while the person is so detained, may take reasonable measures to prevent the thing or evidence of it from being disturbed or lost.
When arresting and detaining a protected person under subsection (3), an officer must consider the best interests of the person.
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