You can have a bodily sample taken from you if you are a suspect in a crime. This can only happen if the crime is serious enough to send someone to prison or is listed in Part 3 of Schedule 1. The police need your consent or a special order to take the sample. You must be 18 or older to give consent on your own. If you are 14 to 17 years old, you and a parent must agree to the sample. The police can also get a special order to take the sample without your consent. The sample must be taken in a certain way, as set out in Part 4. This is to make sure everything is done fairly and correctly. The police must follow these rules when taking a bodily sample from you.
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1: Short Title and commencement, or
"This law is called the Criminal Investigations Act and it starts on a date chosen by the Governor-General."
The Parliamentary Counsel Office has made editorial and format changes to this version using the powers under subpart 2 of Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.
Note 4 at the end of this version provides a list of the amendments included in it.
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