Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment Regulation (No. 9) 2003 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 2003 No. 355 Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 9) 2003 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4 Insertion of new pt 2A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 PART 2A—FORENSIC PROCEDURE PROVISIONS 8C QDNA indexes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 8D Crime scene index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8E Missing persons index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8F Serious offenders index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 8G Suspects index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8H Unknown deceased persons index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8I Volunteers (limited purpose) index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8J Volunteers (unlimited purpose index) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 8K Statistical index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8L Table of permissible comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8M Exemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5 Amendment of schedule 5 (Declared law enforcement agencies) . . . . . . . . 8 6 Amendment of sch 8 (Responsibilities code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 8 Renumbering of schs 1 to 9—. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

2 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment Regulation (No. 9) 2003 No. 355, 2003 9 Insertion of new schedule 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 TABLE OF PERMISSIBLE COMPARISONS SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 MINOR AMENDMENTS

s1 3 s4 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment Regulation (No. 9) 2003 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 2 February 2004. 3 Regulation amended This regulation amends the PolicePowersandResponsibilitiesRegulation 2000. 4 Insertion of new pt 2A After section 8B— insert — ‘PART 2A—FORENSIC PROCEDURE PROVISIONS ‘8C QDNA indexes ‘Each of the following indexes is a QDNA index for the Act, schedule 4, 1 definition “QDNA index”— (a) the crime scene index; (b) the missing persons index; (c) the serious offenders index; (d) the suspects index; (e) the unknown deceased persons index; (f) the volunteers (limited purpose) index; (g) the volunteers (unlimited purpose) index; (h) the statistical index. 1 Act, schedule 4 (Dictionary)

s4 4 s4 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 ‘8D Crime scene index ‘ (1) “Crime scene index” means— (a) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of material obtained from a person or thing at a crime scene that is, or may be, evidence of the commission of an offence; or (b) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of a DNA analysis of material of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a). ‘ (2) In this section— “crime scene” means— (a) any place where an offence was committed or is reasonably suspected of having been committed; or (b) any place associated with, or relevant to, the commission or suspected commission of an offence. ‘8E Missing persons index ‘ “Missing persons index” means— (a) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of material known to relate, or that may relate, to a missing person; or (b) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of a DNA analysis of material known to relate, or that may relate, to a missing person. ‘8F Serious offenders index ‘ “Serious offenders index” means— (a) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a person or a prisoner under the following provisions of the Act— (i) section 312; (ii) section 314; (iii) section 315;

s4 5 s4 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 (iv) chapter 8A, part 5, division 4; 2 or (b) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a person convicted of an indictable offence that is not already included because of paragraph (a); or (c) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample relating to a person convicted of an offence under the law of the Commonwealth or another State. ‘8G Suspects index ‘ “Suspects index” means— (a) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken, under a forensic procedure order or otherwise, from a person who is charged with or suspected of having committed an indictable offence; or (b) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a person who is charged with or suspected of having committed an offence against a law of the Commonwealth or another State. ‘8H Unknown deceased persons index ‘ “Unknown deceased persons index” means— (a) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from an unknown deceased person; or (b) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from an unknown deceased person. ‘8I Volunteers (limited purpose) index ‘ “Volunteers (limited purpose) index” means— 2 Section 312 (Taking DNA sample after finding of guilt) or 314 (Taking DNA sample from prisoner in corrective services facility), 315 (Taking DNA sample from transferred prisoner), chapter 8A (Forensic procedures), part 5 (DNA procedures), division 4 (Taking DNA samples from prisoners released under post-prison community based release orders)

s4 6 s4 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 (a) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a person under a forensic procedure consent— (i) that limited the purposes for which the results of the analysis may be used; or (ii) that is otherwise subject to a limitation under the Act on the purposes for which the results of the analysis may be used; or Note for subparagraph (ii) — Under section 306(2) of the Act, 3 a DNA sample taken from a child under 14 may only be used for the purpose for which consent to take the sample was given. (b) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample that are not subject to a limitation under the Act but are to be used for a limited purpose; or (c) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a person under a consent given under a law of the Commonwealth or another State— (i) that limited the purpose for which the result of the analysis may be used; or (ii) that is otherwise subject to a limitation under the relevant law on the purposes for which the results of the analysis may be used. ‘8J Volunteers (unlimited purpose index) ‘ “Volunteers (unlimited purpose) index” means— (a) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a person under a forensic procedure consent or otherwise that did not limit the purposes for which the results of the analysis may be used; or (b) an index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a known deceased person; or 3 Section 306 (Use of DNA analysis of DNA sample taken from child under 14)

s4 7 s4 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 (c) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of a DNA analysis of a sample taken from a person under a law of the Commonwealth or another State. ‘8K Statistical index ‘ “Statistical index” means— (a) an index of the results of DNA analyses— (i) from which it is not possible to identify the person to whom the results relate; and (ii) that is used only to gather statistical information; or (b) a declared law enforcement agency’s index of the results of DNA analyses— (i) from which it is not possible to identify the person to whom the results relate; and (ii) that is used only to gather statistical information. ‘8L Table of permissible comparisons ‘ (1) This section applies to a comparison of a result of a DNA analysis in an index with the results of other DNA analyses in an index or indexes using the CrimTrac database. ‘ (2) The table in schedule 1 and subsections (3) and (4) state when a result of a DNA analysis included in a QDNA index mentioned in column 1 of the table may be compared with the results of DNA analyses in an index mentioned in another column of the table. ‘ (3) The comparison is permitted if the word ‘yes’appears in the relevant column of the table. ‘ (4) The comparison is also permitted if— (a) the words ‘if within purpose’ appear in a column of the table; and (b) the purpose for the proposed comparison is consistent with the purpose for which the sample to which the results relate was taken. ‘ (5) A comparison permitted under subsection (3) or (4) may be made whether or not—

s5 8 s5 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 (a) a name stated in the table for an index is identical to the name of a declared law enforcement agency’s index; or (b) for a comparison with a declared law enforcement agency’s index—what may be included in an index under this part differs from what may be included in the declared law enforcement agency’s index. ‘8M Exemption ‘A comparison of the results of a DNA analysis included in a QDNA index with another result of a DNA analysis is exempt from section 318L(2) of the Act if the comparison is made using— (a) QDNA only; or (b) a database of a declared law enforcement agency without using CrimTrac.’. 5 Amendment of schedule 5 (Declared law enforcement agencies) Schedule 5— insert — ‘ 6. Interpol, but only— (a) for the transmission for comparison, and the comparison, of the results of a DNA analysis with the results of other DNA analyses; and (b) for the communication between the police service and the relevant agency of the results of the comparison and any information about the results. 7. A law enforcement agency of a foreign country, but only— (a) for the transmission for comparison, and the comparison, of the results of a DNA analysis with the results of other DNA analyses; and (b) for the communication between the police service and the relevant agency of the results of the comparison and any information about the results.’.

s6 9 s8 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 6 Amendment of sch 8 (Responsibilities code) (1) Schedule 8, section 29— omit . (2) Schedule 8, section 30(f), ‘section 312(3)’— omit, insert — ‘section 316’. 7 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) Schedule 9— insert — ‘ “crime scene index” —see section 8D. “missing persons index” —see section 8E. “serious offenders index” —see section 8F. “suspects index” —see section 8G. “unknown deceased persons index” —see section 8H. “volunteers (limited purpose) index” —see section 8I. “volunteers (unlimited purpose) index” —see section 8J. 4 ’. 8 Renumbering of schs 1 to 9— Schedules 1 to 9— renumber as schedules 2 to 12. 4 Sections 8D (Crime scene index), 8E (Missing persons index), 8F (Serious offenders index), 8G (Suspects index), 8H (Unknown deceased persons index), 8I Volunteers (limited purpose index) and 8J (Volunteers (unlimited purpose) index)

s 9 10 s 9 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment No. 355, 2003 Regulation (No. 9) 2003 9 Insertion of new schedule 1 After section 16— insert —

s9 No . 355 , 2003 ‘ SCHEDULE 1 ‘ TABLE OF PERMISSIBLE COMPARISONS section 8L Regulation (No . 9) 2003 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment 11 Result to be compared Column 1 Column 2 Crime scene Column 3 Suspect Crime scene Yes Suspect Yes Volunteer ( ( limitedpurpose) Volunteer ( ( unlimited purpose) If within purpose Yes YesYes If within purpose Yes Is comparison permitted Column 4Volunteer ( limited purpose) If within purpose If within purpose If within purpose Column 5Volunteer ( unlimited purpose) YesYes If within purpose Column 6 Serious offender YesYes If within purpose If within purpose Yes Yes Column 7 Missing person YesYes If within purpose Yes Column 8Unknown deceased person YesYes If within purpose Yes s9

s9 12 s9 No . 355 , 2003Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment Regulation (No . 9) 2003 Result to be compared Column 1 Column 2 Crime scene Column 3 Suspect Serious offender Missing person Unknown deceased person YesYesYes YesYesYes Is comparison permitted Column 4Volunteer ( limited purpose) If within purpose If within purpose If within purpose Column 5Volunteer ( unlimited purpose) YesYesYes Column 6 Serious offender YesYesYes Column 7 Missing person YesYesYes Column 8Unknown deceased person YesYes Yes’ .

13 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment Regulation (No. 9) 2003 No. 355, 2003 SCHEDULE MINOR AMENDMENTS section 3 1 Section 3, ‘schedule 9’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 11’. 2 Section 8B, ‘schedule 8A’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 10’. 3 Section 9, ‘schedule 1’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 2’. 4 Section 10, ‘schedule 2’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 3’. 5 Section 10A(3) and (4), ‘schedule 2A’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 4’. 6 Section 11, ‘schedule 3’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 4’.

14 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment Regulation (No. 9) 2003 No. 355, 2003 SCHEDULE (continued) 7 Section 12, ‘schedule 4’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 5’. 8 Section 13, ‘schedule 5’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 6’. 9 Section 14, ‘schedule 6’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 7’. 10 Section 15, ‘schedule 7’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 8’. 11 Section 16, ‘schedule 8’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 9’. 12 Schedule 11, as renumbered, definitions “interceptor” and “suspect”, ‘schedule 8’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 9’.

15 Police Powers and Responsibilities Amendment Regulation (No. 9) 2003 No. 355, 2003 ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 18 December 2003. 2. Notified in the gazette on 19 December 2003. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Queensland Police Service. © State of Queensland 2003