Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 133A

133A DNA analysts

(1) The Director of Forensic Science Queensland under the Forensic Science Queensland Act 2024 may appoint a staff member of Forensic Science Queensland as a DNA analyst if satisfied the staff member has the necessary qualifications and experience to be a DNA analyst.

(2) The appointment takes effect on the day it is notified in the gazette.

(3) Subsection (4) applies if the police commissioner has entered into a DNA arrangement with a laboratory under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 488B (1) .

(4) The chief executive officer, however described, of the laboratory may, by written notice, appoint an employee of the laboratory as a DNA analyst if satisfied the employee has the necessary qualifications and experience to be a DNA analyst.

(5) The appointment takes effect—

(a) on the day the notice is given to the employee; or

(b) if a later day is stated in the notice, the later day.

(6) In this section—

"Forensic Science Queensland" means the Office of the Director of Forensic Science Queensland established under the Forensic Science Queensland Act 2024 , section 23 .