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Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995

DNA profile databank - Authority to obtain bodily sample for DNA profile databank

29: Authority to take bodily sample for DNA profile databank

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"When can the police take a bodily sample from you for a DNA database?"

Illustration for Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Act 1995

You can have a bodily sample taken for a DNA profile databank if you agree to it, as outlined in section 34, or if you get a databank compulsion notice. The sample must be taken in a certain way, as set out in Part 4. This is allowed under the law, but only if it follows the rules, and also subject to section 72.

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Authority to obtain bodily sample for DNA profile databank

29Authority to take bodily sample for DNA profile databank

  1. Subject to section 72, a bodily sample may be taken from a person for the purposes of including that person’s DNA profile on a DNA profile databank only if—

  2. either—
    1. that person consents to the taking of that sample in accordance with section 34; or
      1. the sample is taken pursuant to a databank compulsion notice; and
      2. the sample is taken in accordance with the procedures set out in Part 4.

        Notes
        • Section 29 heading: amended, on , by section 6 of the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 113).
        • Section 29: amended, on , by section 6 of the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 113).
        • Section 29(a)(ii): substituted, on , by section 21 of the Criminal Investigations (Bodily Samples) Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 113).