Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this
Part —
crime scene index means an index of DNA profiles
derived from material obtained from —
(a) a
place (whether within or outside Australia) where an offence under the law of
this State, another State, a Territory or the Commonwealth was, or is
reasonably suspected to have been, committed;
(b) on
or in the body of a person who was involved when such an offence was
committed, whether as a suspect for, or as a victim of, or as a witness to,
the offence;
(c) on
or in anything worn or carried by a person referred to in paragraph (b)
at the time of the offence; or
(d)
anything in respect of which the offence was committed or that was used in
committing, or in connection with committing, the offence,
together with information about when and where the
DNA profile was obtained, but does not include the DNA profile of a person
reasonably suspected to have committed the offence that was obtained from that
person;
DNA database means a database (whether or not on a
computer and however described) that contains —
(a) the
following indexes of DNA profiles —
(i)
a crime scene index;
(ii)
a missing persons index;
(iii)
an offenders index;
(iv)
a suspects index;
(v)
an unknown deceased persons index;
(vi)
a volunteers (limited purposes) index;
(vii)
a volunteers (unlimited purposes) index;
(b) a
statistical index; and
(c) if
an index is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
definition — that index;
DNA database index means an index of DNA profiles
mentioned in paragraph (a) of the definition of DNA database ;
missing persons index means an index of the DNA
profiles of —
(a)
missing people; or
(b)
volunteers who are relatives by blood of such people,
together with the personal details of the people
whose profiles they are to the extent that those details are known;
offenders index means an index of the DNA profiles
obtained —
(a)
under Part 6 or 7 from suspects each of whom has been subsequently found
guilty of the offence that he or she was suspected of having committed;
(b)
under Schedule 1 clause 6 2 from remand prisoners each of whom
has been subsequently found guilty of the offence that he or she was suspected
of having committed;
(c)
under Schedule 1 clause 6 2 from serious offenders; or
(d)
under the corresponding laws of participating jurisdictions from people who
have been convicted of offences under the laws of those jurisdictions,
together with the personal details of the people
whose profiles they are;
statistical index means an index of
information —
(a) that
is obtained from the analysis of material obtained from people under this Act
or under the corresponding laws of participating jurisdictions;
(b) that
does not contain the personal details of any person whose DNA profile is in
the index;
(c) that
is compiled for statistical purposes; and
(d) that
cannot be used to discover the identity of people from whom the material was
obtained,
and includes a statistical index lawfully compiled
for statistical purposes before the commencement of this Part;
suspects index means an index of the DNA profiles
obtained —
(a)
under Part 6 or 7 from suspects each of whom has not been found guilty of
the offence that he or she was suspected of having committed;
(b)
under Schedule 1 clause 6 2 from remand prisoners; or
(c)
under the corresponding laws of participating jurisdictions from people who
are suspected of having committed, but who have not been convicted of,
offences under the laws of those jurisdictions,
together with the personal details of the people
whose profiles they are;
unknown deceased persons index means an index of
the DNA profiles obtained from deceased people whose personal details are
unknown, together with information about when and where the DNA profile was
obtained;
volunteers (limited purposes) index means an index
of the DNA profiles obtained —
(a)
under Part 4 Division 2 from volunteers;
(b)
under Part 5 from victims and witnesses;
(c)
under the corresponding laws of participating jurisdictions from similar
people; or
(d)
under Part 4 Division 3, or under the corresponding laws of
participating jurisdictions, from deceased people,
in respect of which there are limits as to the
forensic purposes for which they may be used, together with the personal
details of the people whose DNA profiles they are;
volunteers (unlimited purposes) index means an
index of the DNA profiles obtained —
(a)
under Part 4 Division 2 from volunteers;
(b)
under Part 5 from victims and witnesses;
(c)
under the corresponding laws of participating jurisdictions from similar
people; or
(d)
under Part 4 Division 3, or under the corresponding laws of
participating jurisdictions, from deceased people,
in respect of which there are no limits as to the
forensic purposes for which they may be used, together with the personal
details of the people whose DNA profiles they are.