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SUMMARY OFFENCES REGULATIONS 2016 - REG 33

33—Destruction of intimate search records and copies

        (1)         An intimate search record and any copy of such a record may only be destroyed—

            (a)         by the police officer in charge of the police station at which the record is required to be kept; or

            (b)         by some other person with the approval of that officer.

        (2)         If an intimate search record is lawfully destroyed, any copies of the record (other than a copy provided to the detainee) must also be destroyed.

        (3)         If an intimate search record is to be destroyed but the record or any copies of the record are not at the police station at which they are required to be kept, the Commissioner must direct the immediate return of the record or copies to that station.

        (4)         If a record or a copy of a record is not returned as required by a direction given under subregulation (3), the officer in charge must notify the Commissioner of that fact in writing.

        (5)         The officer in charge responsible for the destruction of an intimate search record and any copies must, as soon as practicable after the destruction, ensure that the details required by Part I of the form in Schedule 1 are entered in the register book.

        (6)         An intimate search record consisting of a videotape recording will be regarded as having been destroyed if all material recorded on the videotape has been erased.



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