Application of this Act
11 Application of this Act
In this section —
identifying particular, in relation to a person, means —
a print of the person’s hands (including fingers), feet (including toes) or ears;
a photograph of the person (including of an identifying feature of the person);
an impression of an identifying feature of the person (including a dental impression);
a sample of the person’s hair taken for purposes other than obtaining the person’s DNA profile;
the person’s DNA profile;
an identifying particular of the person that is prescribed under section 17, 23, 34, 47 or 52A;
law enforcement officer means a police officer or a person appointed under a written law for a public purpose.
This Act does not apply —
to a person who, not being a law enforcement officer acting in the course of duty, obtains an identifying particular from, or a personal detail of, another person; or
to an identifying particular, or a personal detail, obtained by such a person.
This Act does not apply to or in respect of an identifying particular, or a personal detail, obtained in accordance with another written law.
[Section 11 amended: No. 22 of 2013 s. 9.]
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