Crimes Regulations 2019
PART 8
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FORENSIC PROCEDURES
SECTION 17
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PERSONS APPROPRIATELY QUALIFIED TO CARRY OUT FORENSIC PROCEDURES
For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of appropriately qualified in subsection 23WA(1) of the Act, a person mentioned in column 2 of an item in the following table is qualified to carry out a forensic procedure mentioned in column 1 of the item.
For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition of appropriately qualified in subsection 23WA(1) of the Act, a person mentioned in column 2 of an item in the following table is qualified to carry out a forensic procedure mentioned in column 1 of the item.
| Persons appropriately qualified to carry out forensic procedures | |||
| Item | Column 1 | Column 2 | |
| Forensic procedure | Person | ||
| 1 | External examination of the genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 2 | Taking of a sample of blood (other than by a finger prick) | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 3 | Taking of a sample of pubic hair | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 4 | Taking of a sample by swab or washing from the external genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 5 | Taking of a sample by vacuum suction, scraping or lifting by tape from the external genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 6 | Taking of a photograph or a video recording of, or an impression or cast of a wound from, the genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts | (a) Medical practitioner; or | |
| (b) forensic scientist; or | |||
| (c) forensic technician | |||
| 7 | External examination of a part of the body other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts, that requires touching of the body or removal of clothing | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician; or | |||
| (c) constable | |||
| 8 | Taking of a sample of blood by a finger prick | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 9 | Taking of a sample of saliva, or a sample by buccal swab | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 10 | Taking of a sample of hair other than pubic hair | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 11 | Taking of a sample from a nail or from under a nail | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 12 | Taking of a sample by swab or washing from any external part of the body other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 13 | Taking of a sample by vacuum suction, scraping or lifting by tape from any external part of the body other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts | (a) Forensic scientist; or | |
| (b) forensic technician | |||
| 14 | Taking of a photograph or a video recording of, or an impression or cast of a wound from, an external part of the body other than the genital or anal area, the buttocks or, in the case of a female, the breasts | (a) For a photograph or video recording: | |
| (i) medical practitioner; or | |||
| (ii) forensic scientist; or | |||
| (iii) forensic technician; or | |||
| (iv) constable; or | |||
| (b) for an impression or cast of a wound: | |||
| (i) medical practitioner; or | |||
| (ii) forensic scientist; or | |||
| (iii) forensic technician |
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