An application to carry out a forensic procedure must be filed in the Magistrates Court.
Note Under the Act
, pt 2.5, and
title="Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth)">the Crimes Act, pt 1D, div 5, an authorised applicant may apply to a magistrate for—
(a) an order authorising the carrying out of a forensic procedure on a suspect (see
title="Crimes (Forensic Procedures) Act 2000">the Act, s 35 and
title="Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth)">the Crimes Act, s 23WU); or
(b) an interim order authorising the immediate carrying out of a forensic procedure on a suspect (see the Act
, s 42 and
title="Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth)">the Crimes Act, s 23XB).