Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995

1: Short Title and commencement

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"This law is called the Criminal Investigations Act and it starts on a date chosen by the Governor-General."

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This Act is called the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995. You can refer to it by this name. It will come into force on a date chosen by the Governor-General. This Act will start on a specific date. The Governor-General will choose this date by Order in Council. You can find out more about how this works by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019. The Governor-General's order is a type of secondary legislation. You can learn more about this by reading the Legislation Act 2019. This will help you understand how the order is published.

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Crime and justice > Criminal law

Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995, or

"Rules for Taking Bodily Samples from Suspects"

2: Interpretation, or

"What special words mean in the law"

1Short Title and commencement

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995.
This Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council.
An order under this section is secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

Notes

Section 1(2): this Act brought into force, on 12 August 1996, by clause 2 of the Criminal Investigations (Blood Samples) Act Commencement Order 1996 (SR 1996/189).
Section 1(1): amended, on 15 April 2004, by section 4(2) of the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 113).
Section 1(3): inserted, on 28 October 2021, by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).