Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (IDENTIFYING PEOPLE) ACT 2002 (NO. 6 OF 2002) - SECT 8

8 .         Procedures for obtaining material from which to obtain DNA profile

        (1)         Material from which to obtain the DNA profile of a person may be obtained by doing one or, subject to section 59, more than one of the following procedures in the following order —

            (a)         by doing one or both of these non-intimate identifying procedures —

                  (i)         taking a buccal swab from the person;

                  (ii)         taking a sample of the person’s hair (including the roots), other than pubic hair;

            (b)         by doing one or both of these intimate identifying procedures —

                  (i)         taking a sample of the person’s blood;

                  (ii)         taking a sample of the person’s pubic hair (including the roots).

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1) material from which to obtain the DNA profile of a deceased person may be obtained by taking any body tissue from the person.

        (3)         A person must not use a procedure in subsection (1) to obtain material from a person unless it is impracticable to use a procedure listed before that procedure.