Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002

Identifying information of a person obtained under Part 4 Division 4 —

with the approval of the Commissioner of Police, may be compared with other information, whether or not in a forensic database, for or in connection with the forensic purposes prescribed for the purposes of section 22(1); and

with the approval of the person, may be put in a forensic database; and

must be destroyed if the person, having ceased to be a person who, under section 22, may be required to undergo an identifying procedure, requests the Commissioner of Police to destroy it.

An approval for the purposes of subsection (1) may apply generally or in relation to a specific case or class of case.