Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) If an officer
reasonably suspects that any or all of a charged suspect’s
identifying particulars —
(a) are
not or may not be held by the WA Police; or
(b) are
or may be needed to verify the person’s identity with identification
particulars already held by the WA Police,
the officer may
request the suspect to consent to an identifying procedure being done on the
suspect for the purpose of obtaining one or more of the suspect’s
identifying particulars.
(2) An officer who
requests a charged suspect to consent to an identifying procedure being done
on the suspect must at the time inform the suspect of these
matters —
(a) the
purpose of the procedure;
(b) how
the procedure will be done;
(c) that
information derived from the procedure may be compared with or put in a
forensic database;
(d) the
circumstances in which destruction may be requested under section 69;
(e) that
the procedure may provide evidence that could be used in a court against the
suspect;
(f) that
if the suspect does not consent or withdraws consent to the
procedure —
(i)
the suspect may be ordered to undergo the procedure; and
(ii)
the procedure may be done on the suspect against the
suspect’s will if the suspect does not obey the order.