YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2005 - SECT 32 Voluntary non-intimate procedure

YOUTH JUSTICE ACT 2005 - SECT 32

    (1)     A senior police officer may carry out a non-intimate procedure on a youth if the youth consents in writing, and a responsible adult in respect of the youth consents in writing, to the procedure being carried out.

    (2)     If the procedure is carried out for the purposes of investigating an offence, any information obtained from the procedure:

        (a)     must not be used for investigating any other offence other than a relevant offence; and

        (b)     is inadmissible as evidence in any proceedings other than proceedings for the offence or a relevant offence.

    (3)     In this section:

"relevant offence" means an offence that, if committed by an adult, would be punishable by a term of imprisonment of 14 years or more.