CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 95 Definitions
CRIMES (FORENSIC PROCEDURES) ACT 2000 - SECT 95
Definitions95 Definitions
In this Act--
"appropriate authority" means--
(a) in relation to a participating jurisdiction other than the Australian Capital Territory--an authority exercising, in relation to the police force of that jurisdiction, functions corresponding to those of the Commissioner of Police and any other authority prescribed by the regulations, or
(b) in relation to the Australian Capital Territory--the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police and any other authority prescribed by the regulations.
"corresponding law" means--
(a) a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, that substantially corresponds to Part 11, or
(b) such provisions of a law of the Commonwealth, or of a State or Territory, as are declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law for the purposes of this Act.
"DNA database" means--
(a) in relation to the State--the DNA database system, and
(b) in relation to a participating jurisdiction--a database of DNA profiles that is kept in accordance with a corresponding law of the participating jurisdiction.
"participating jurisdiction" means the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory, in which there is a corresponding law in force.
"responsible authority" , in relation to a participating jurisdiction, means any one or more of the following--
(a) the Minister having responsibility for a corresponding law within that jurisdiction,
(b) a public authority that administers a corresponding law within that jurisdiction,
(c) a person or body prescribed by the regulations,and includes, in relation to the Commonwealth, the Australian Crime Commission.