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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 529

529 Unlawful matching of DNA analysis results

(1) A person must not knowingly do anything that results in a DNA record being compared with another DNA record, other than as permitted under this chapter.

Maximum penalty—2 years imprisonment.

(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the DNA record is compared with DNA records kept on the same or a separate part of QDNA or the CrimTrac database.

(3) It is not an offence to match DNA records in contravention of subsection (1) only for the purpose of administering QDNA or the CrimTrac database.

(4) In this section—

DNA record means a record on QDNA or the CrimTrac database of the results of a DNA analysis.


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