Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Regulation 2006 (NSW)

2006 No 133

New South Wales

Crimes (Forensic Procedures)

Amendment Regulation 2006

under the

Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000.

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Attorney General

Explanatory note
The Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 prohibits the disclosure of information revealed by any forensic procedure carried out on a suspect, offender or volunteer. The prohibition is subject to specific exceptions, including those provided by regulations under the Act. The object of this Regulation is to enable such information to be disclosed for the purpose of analysing a sample so as to obtain a DNA profile to be placed on the DNA database system maintained under the Act.
This Regulation is made under the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000, including section

118 (the general power to make regulations) and section 109 (3) (o).

Published in Gazette No 40 of 31 March 2006, page 1601	Page 1
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Clause 1	Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Regulation 2006

Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Regulation

2006

under the

Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment
Regulation 2006.

2 Amendment of Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Regulation 2000

The Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Regulation 2000 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Regulation 2006

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 11 Disclosure of information

Insert after clause 11 (6):

(6A)	For the purposes of section 109 (3) (o) of the Act, the purpose of analysing a sample to obtain a DNA profile to be placed on the DNA database system is a prescribed purpose for which a person may disclose information revealed by the carrying out of a forensic procedure on a suspect, offender or volunteer.
(6B)	Subclause (6A) applies whether or not the information concerned is revealed by a forensic procedure that was carried out before or is carried out after the commencement of subclause (6A).

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