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FAMILY LAW REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 21H

Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing

         (1)    This regulation applies to the taking of a bodily sample (except a sample of blood) from a donor for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure that is DNA typing.

         (2)    A sampler must not take a bodily sample from a donor with a swab unless the swab:

                (a)    has not been used for any purpose; and

               (b)    has been sterilised.

         (3)   If the bodily sample to be taken from a donor is a skin scraping or a hair root, the implement used by the sampler to take the sample must have been sterilised before use.



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