Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 490A

490A Modified destruction timeframes for analysing particular DNA samples

(1) This section applies in relation to a DNA sample and the results of a DNA analysis of the sample if—

(a) the sample is taken from a person suspected of having committed an indictable offence; and

(b) the sample is taken during the period—

(i) starting at the beginning of the day on 13 June 2022; and

(ii) ending at the end of the day on 13 June 2025.

(2) Section 490 (1) (d) applies in relation to the DNA sample and results as if—

(a) the reference to a proceeding for the indictable offence not starting within 1 year after the sample is taken were a reference to the proceeding not starting within 3 years after the sample is taken; and

(b) the reference to destroying the sample and results within a reasonably practicable time after the end of 1 year from the day the sample is taken were a reference to destroying the sample and results within a reasonably practicable time after the end of 3 years from the day the sample is taken.

(3) A reference in this Act or another Act to section 490 includes a reference to section 490 as modified by this section, if the context permits.