South Australian Current Regulations South Australian Current Regulations31—Removal from storage and return of intimate search records
(1) Subject to
subregulation (2), a person must not remove an intimate search record
from storage.
(2) The police officer
in charge of the police station at which an intimate search record is stored
may remove an intimate search record from storage only—
(a) if
the officer requires the record for the purposes of these regulations or
section 81(3c), (3d), (3e) or (3f) of the Act;
(b) if
another person has requested access to the record and the officer reasonably
believes that the person requires the record for a purpose referred to in
paragraph (a).
(3) As soon as
practicable after removing the record from storage, the officer in charge must
enter in the register book the details required by Part B of the form in
Schedule 1, including, except where the purpose of removal is destruction
of the record, the estimated date of return of the record.
(4) As soon as
practicable after the record is returned, the officer in charge must ensure
that the details required by Part C of the form in Schedule 1 are entered
in the register book.
(5) If an intimate
search record is not returned by the estimated date of return—
(a) the
officer in charge must ask the person to whom the record was given to give an
undertaking to return the record either immediately or on a reviewed estimated
date of return; and
(b) the
officer in charge must ensure that the details required by Part D of the form
in Schedule 1 are entered in the register book.
(6) If the record is
not returned within the time specified in an undertaking given under
subregulation (5), the officer in charge must notify the Commissioner of
that fact in writing.