Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Identifying
information of a deceased person obtained under Part 4
Division 3 —
(a) may
be compared with other information, whether or not in a forensic database, if
a coroner has so directed, but, if it is a DNA profile that may be compared
with information in a DNA database, may only be compared in accordance with
section 78;
(b) may
be put in a forensic database if a coroner has so directed; and
(c) must
be destroyed in accordance with any direction for destruction made by a
coroner.
(2) For the purposes
of a comparison with information in a DNA database of a DNA profile obtained
from a deceased person whose personal details are known —
(a) the
DNA profile is taken to have been obtained from a volunteer under Part 4
Division 2; and
(b)
whether or not there are limits as to the forensic purposes for which the DNA
profile may be used is decided in accordance with the direction of a coroner.