Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 489

(1) It is lawful for a police officer or a person acting under an arrangement between the commissioner and the chief executive (health)—

(a) to perform a DNA analysis of a DNA sample taken under this chapter or received from a declared agency; and

(b) to perform any further analysis of a DNA sample that may be reasonably necessary for ensuring the accuracy of an earlier analysis; and

(c) to keep a DNA sample and the results of a DNA analysis of the sample until they are required under this part to be destroyed; and

(d) to take the steps reasonably necessary to ensure the results of the analysis are included in QDNA; and

(e) to compare the results of a DNA analysis of a DNA sample with other results of DNA analyses of samples, whether or not DNA samples, to which the police officer or person has access.

(2) A DNA sample mentioned in subsection (1)(c) must be kept in a secure place.

(3) It is lawful for a police officer to use the results of any DNA analysis for performing any function of the police service.