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POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 451 Special requirement for child under 14

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 451

Special requirement for child under 14

451 Special requirement for child under 14

(1) This section applies if a police officer reasonably suspects the relevant person is a child who is under 14 years.
(2) The police officer may ask a parent of the child to give a forensic procedure consent for the child.
(3) If the parent gives a forensic procedure consent for the child authorising the taking of a sample for DNA analysis, the sample taken must be a DNA sample and not a sample of the child’s blood.
(4) Subsection (5) applies if the parent gives a forensic procedure consent for the child relating to the performance of a non-intimate forensic procedure.
(5) Before the procedure is performed a police officer must ask the child whether he or she wants a support person to be present while the procedure is being performed and, if the child wants a support person to be present, must ensure a support person is present while the procedure is being performed.