New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 74

74 Court order for carrying out forensic procedure on serious indictable offender

(1) A police officer may apply to any court for an order for the carrying out of a forensic procedure to which this Part applies on a serious indictable offender who is serving a sentence of imprisonment in a correctional centre or other place of detention.

(4) A police officer may make such an application to the court that is sentencing a serious indictable offender or to any court at a later time.

(5) A court may order the carrying out of a forensic procedure under this section if satisfied that the carrying out of the forensic procedure is justified in all the circumstances.

(7) An order under this section takes effect immediately. However, any forensic material taken must not (unless the sample is likely to perish if analysis is delayed) be analysed:

(a) until the expiration of any appeal period or after the final determination of any appeal in relation to the serious indictable offence committed by the serious indictable offender concerned, whichever is the later, or

(b) if the conviction is quashed.