Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 494

494 Limitation on use of results of DNA analysis

(1) The use of the results of a DNA analysis under section 489 , 491 (4) , 492 or 493 is subject to—

(a) any limitation made under section 454 (1) (g) that applies to that analysis; or

(b) section 479 .

(2) The results of a DNA analysis must not be compared with the results of another DNA analysis that is in a QDNA index unless a table prescribed under a regulation permits the comparison.

(3) The table must not permit a comparison that is contrary to—

(a) any limitation made under section 454 (1) (g) that applies to that analysis; or

(b) section 479 .

(4) A regulation may exempt a comparison of the results of DNA analyses from subsection (2) .

(5) A regulation may prescribe the types of QDNA indexes and the type of information that may be included in each index.