Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (IDENTIFYING PEOPLE) ACT 2002 (NO. 6 OF 2002) - SCHEDULE 2

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1.         Bail Act 1982

                Section 12 is amended by deleting “and section 50AA of the Police Act 1892 .” and inserting instead —

“
                , section 50AA of the Police Act 1892 and Parts 6 and 7 of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 .

”.

2.         Conservation and Land Management Act 1984

        (1)         Section 124(1)(c) is deleted.

        (2)         Section 124(2) is repealed and the following subsection is inserted instead —

“
        (2)         The offices of ranger and conservation and land management officer are each prescribed to be public officers for the purposes of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 and as such may exercise the powers in Part 3 of that Act.

”.

        (3)         Section 124(3) is repealed.

3.         The Criminal Code

                Section 236 of The Criminal Code is amended as follows:

            (a)         in the third paragraph, by deleting “of the person’s blood, hair (from any part of the body), nails or saliva, or”;

            (b)         in the third paragraph, by deleting “or obtainable by a buccal swab,”;

            (c)         after the last paragraph, by inserting the following paragraph —

“
                This section does not authorise the taking of an identifying particular (within the meaning of section 34 of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 ) and does not apply to such an identifying particular taken under that Act.

”.

4.         Parks and Reserves Act 1895

        (1)         Section 7A(1) is amended as follows:

            (a)         after paragraph (b), by inserting —

                “ and ”;

            (b)         after paragraph (c), by deleting “; and” and inserting a comma instead;

            (c)         by deleting paragraph (d).

        (2)         After section 7A(1) the following subsection is inserted —

“
        (1a)         The offices of member of the Board and ranger appointed under section 7 are each prescribed to be public officers for the purposes of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 and as such may exercise the powers in Part 3 of that Act.

”.

5.         Police Act 1892

        (1)         Section 50 is repealed.

        (2)         Section 50AA(1) is amended after “summary conviction,” by inserting —

“
                other than an offence that is a serious offence within the meaning of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 ,

”.

6.         Waterways Conservation Act 1976

        (1)         Section 63(7) is amended as follows:

            (a)         after paragraph (b), by inserting —

                “ and ”;

            (b)         after paragraph (c), by deleting “; and” and inserting a comma instead;

            (c)         by deleting paragraph (d).

        (2)         After section 63(7) the following subsection is inserted —

“
        (7a)         The offices referred to in subsection (1) are each prescribed to be public officers for the purposes of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 and as such may exercise the powers in Part 3 of that Act.

”.

7.         Wildlife Conservation Act 1950

        (1)         Before section 20(2) the following subsection is inserted —

“
        (1)         The office of wildlife officer is prescribed to be a public officer for the purposes of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 and as such may exercise the powers in Part 3 of that Act.

”.

        (2)         Section 20(2) is amended as follows:

            (a)         after paragraph (b), by deleting the semicolon and inserting a full stop instead;

            (b)         by deleting paragraph (c).