Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2011
CONTENTS
1. Short title 2
2. Commencement 2
3. Act amended 2
4. Section 62 amended 2
5. Section 63 amended 2
6. Section 64 amended 3
7. Section 65 amended 3
8. Section 66 amended 3
9. Section 67 amended 3
10. Section 78 deleted 3
11. Section 94 replaced 4
94. Transitional provision for Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 20114
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2011
No. 15 of 2011
An Act to amend the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002.
[Assented to 25 May 2011]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This is the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2011.
2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation as follows —
(a) sections 1 and 2 — on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent;
(b) the rest of the Act — on the day after that day.
3. Act amended
This Act amends the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002.
4. Section 62 amended
Delete section 62(1)(a) and (b) and insert:
(a) must not —
(i) be compared with other information, whether or not in a forensic database; or
(ii) be put in a forensic database;
except in accordance with the decision of the volunteer, or responsible person, made or changed under section 20; and
5. Section 63 amended
(1) Delete section 63(1)(a) and insert:
(a) may be compared with other information, whether or not in a forensic database, in accordance with the direction of a coroner; and
(2) Delete section 63(2).
6. Section 64 amended
(1) In section 64(1)(a) delete “subject to subsection (2) and”.
(2) Delete section 64(2).
7. Section 65 amended
In section 65(1):
(a) delete paragraph (b);
(b) after paragraph (a) insert:
and
8. Section 66 amended
Delete section 66(2)(a) and insert:
(a) may be compared with other information, whether or not in a forensic database, as soon as it is obtained; and
9. Section 67 amended
Delete section 67(1)(a) and insert:
(a) may be compared with other information, whether or not in a forensic database, as soon as it is obtained; and
10. Section 78 deleted
Delete section 78.
11. Section 94 replaced
Delete section 94 and insert:
94. Transitional provision for Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2011
Identifying information may be compared with other information in accordance with Part 9 whether that identifying information or the information to which it is being compared was obtained or lawfully put in a forensic database before or after the commencement of the Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Amendment Act 2011 section 11.
