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CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - NOTES

- As at 1 July 2008 - Act 59 of 2000

Note to Part 6

This Part also applies to the carrying out of forensic procedures on serious indictable offenders and volunteers. See sections 65 and 76 (4).

Does not include amendments by:

Child Protection (Offenders Registration) Amendment Act 2007 No 87 (not commenced)
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94 (not commenced)

Reprint history:

Reprint No 127 April 2004
Reprint No 26 May 2008

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000 No 59. Assented to 5.7.2000. Date of commencement, Part 8 and sec 121 excepted, 1.1.2001, sec 2 (1) and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13459; date of commencement of Part 8, 1.6.2003, sec 2 (1) and GG No 53 of 27.2.2003, p 3497; date of commencement of sec 121, assent, sec 2 (2). This Act has been amended as follows:

2000 No 93 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.11, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 107 Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 14.12.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13460.
2001 No 121 Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002 No 35 Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 25.6.2002.
Date of commencement, 1.6.2003, sec 2 and GG No 53 of 27.2.2003, p 3498.
No 46 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Penalty Notice Offences) Act 2002. Assented to 4.7.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.9.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 135 of 30.8.2002, p 6537.
No 103 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
2003 No 27 Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 8.7.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 82 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2005 No 98 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2005. Assented to 24.11.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006 No 58 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006. Assented to 20.6.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.10, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 70 Crimes (Appeal and Review) Amendment (DNA Review Panel) Act 2006. Assented to 19.10.2006.
Date of commencement, 23.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 23.2.2007, p 945.
No 74 Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 27.10.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 1 [1] [2] [7] [8] [12] [14]-[16] [18]-[24] [26] [30] [32] [35] [37]-[52] [54] [57] [59] [62]-[64] [71] [74] [81]-[83] [85]-[94] [97] [98] and [105]-[109], 1.7.2007, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 23.2.2007, p 946; date of commencement of Sch 1 [3]-[6] [9]-[11] [13] [17] [25] [27]-[29] [31] [33] [34] [36] [53] [55] [56] [58] [60] [61] [65]-[70] [72] [73] [75]-[80] [84] [95] [96] [103] and [104], 15.3.2007, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 23.2.2007, p 946; date of commencement of Sch 1 [99]-[102] [110] and [111], 23.2.2007, sec 2 and GG No 33 of 23.2.2007, p 946.
No 128 Police Powers Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 12.12.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2007 No 71 Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007.
Date of commencement, 25.3.2008, sec 2 and GG No 16 of 15.2.2008, p 706.
2008 No 56 Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [1]-[3]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.74 [1] [2]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [1]-[4]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [1]-[3]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.17 [1]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [1]-[14].
Sec 4 Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.17 [1]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [15] [16].
Sec 5, table Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [4]; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.10 [1]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 6, table Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [4]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2]-[4]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 7 Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [3] [4].
Sec 8 Subst 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [19].
Sec 9 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [5] [6]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.17 [1] [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 10 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [7]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.17 [1] [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [21] [22].
Sec 11 Subst 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [23]. Am 2007 No 71, Sch 1 [1] [2].
Sec 12 Rep 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [23].
Sec 13 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [5]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [24]-[29].
Sec 14 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [5]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 15 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 16 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [8].
Sec 17 Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [3] [4]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [31] [32].
Sec 18 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [33].
Sec 19 Rep 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [34].
Sec 20 Subst 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [35]; 2007 No 71, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 21 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [36].
Part 5, heading Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [6]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [5]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [37].
Sec 22 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [7]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 23 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [8]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [38].
Sec 24 Subst 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [39]. Am 2007 No 71, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 25 Rep 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [39].
Sec 26 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [40].
Sec 27 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [9]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [41]-[43].
Sec 30 Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.17 [1]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [44] [45].
Sec 32 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [9] [10]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [10] [11]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [46] [47].
Sec 33 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [11]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [12]-[15]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [48]-[50].
Sec 34 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [10]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 35 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [9] [12]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 36 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [10] [13] [14]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [16]-[19]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2] [6]-[8].
Sec 36A Ins 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [20]. Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2] [7] [8]; 2006 No 58, Sch 2.10 [2].
Part 5, Div 4, heading Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [15]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [5].
Sec 39 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [5]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 40 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [5]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 41 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [5]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 42 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [5]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2] [3].
Sec 43A Ins 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [22]. Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 47 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [51].
Sec 49 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [52].
Sec 49A Ins 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [23]. Rep 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [53].
Sec 50, table Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [54].
Sec 50, table Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [55].
Sec 51A Ins 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [56].
Sec 52 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [57].
Sec 53 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [58].
Sec 54 Am 2003 No 27, Sch 4 [1].
Sec 55 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21] [24]; 2003 No 27, Sch 4 [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [59].
Sec 57 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [25] [26]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [60]-[63].
Secs 58, 59 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 60 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21]. Subst 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [64].
Sec 61 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [65]-[67].
Sec 62 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [68].
Sec 63 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [69].
Sec 64 Rep 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [70].
Sec 64A Ins 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [71].
Sec 65 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [72].
Sec 67 Am 2005 No 98, Sch 3.17 [1] [2].
Sec 69 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [27]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [73] [74]-[76].
Sec 70 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [28]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [77]-[79].
Sec 71 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [29]. Rep 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [80].
Sec 73 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [30].
Sec 74 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [81] [82].
Sec 74A Ins 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [83].
Sec 75 Subst 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [83].
Part 7A (secs 75A-75O) Ins 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [84].
Sec 76 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [31]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [85] [86].
Sec 76A Ins 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 76B Ins 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [87].
Sec 77 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [33]; 2005 No 98, Sch 3.17 [1]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [88]-[92].
Sec 80 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [93].
Sec 83A Ins 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [34].
Sec 86 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 87 Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.11 [1]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [35] [36]. Subst 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [94].
Sec 87A Ins 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [37].
Sec 88 Am 2007 No 71, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 89 Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.11 [2]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [38].
Sec 90 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [39]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [95].
Sec 91 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [16]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [96].
Sec 92 Am 2006 No 70, Sch 2.2 [1]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [97].
Sec 93 Am 2008 No 56, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 94 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [98].
Sec 95 Am 2003 No 27, Sch 4 [3]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [99] [100]; 2008 No 56, Sch 1 [2].
Sec 96 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [40] [41]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [101].
Sec 97 Am 2003 No 27, Sch 4 [4]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [102]; 2008 No 56, Sch 1 [3] [4].
Sec 98 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [5]; 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [42]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [103] [104].
Sec 99 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [105].
Sec 100 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [106].
Sec 101 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [21].
Sec 106 Am 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [107] [108].
Sec 107 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [17]; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [2].
Sec 109 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [43]; 2003 No 27, Sch 4 [5] [6]; 2006 No 70, Sch 2.2 [2]; 2008 No 56, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 112 Am 2002 No 46, Sch 3.1; 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [9] [10]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [109]; 2006 No 128, Sch 4.2.
Sec 113 Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.18 [11] [12].
Sec 114 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [44] [45].
Sec 115A Ins 2001 No 121, Sch 2.74 [3].
Sec 117 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.74 [4].
Sec 119 Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sec 121 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [46] [47].
Sch 1 Am 2000 No 107, Sch 4 [18]. Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 2 Am 2002 No 35, Sch 1 [48] [49]; 2006 No 74, Sch 1 [110] [111]; 2007 No 71, Sch 1 [6]; 2008 No 56, Sch 1 [6] [7].