Victorian Numbered Acts

CRIMES AMENDMENT (DNA DATABASE) ACT 2007 (NO. 32 OF 2007) - SECT 8

    (1)     For section 464ZGI(1) of the Principal Act and the Table that follows that subsection substitute —

    '(1)     A matching of a DNA profile on an index of the Victorian DNA database specified in column 1 of the following Table with a DNA profile on another index of the database specified in column 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 of the Table is not permitted by this Subdivision if—

        (a)     "only if within purpose" is shown in relation to the index specified in column 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 opposite the volunteers (limited purposes) index specified in column 1; and

        (b)     the matching is carried out for a purpose other than a purpose for which the DNA profile placed on the volunteers (limited purposes) index specified in column 1 was so placed.

TABLE
Profile to be matched	Is matching permitted?
Column 1	Column 2 Crime Scene	Column 3 Suspects	Column 4 Volunteers (limited purposes)	Column 5 (Volunteers (unlimited purposes)	Column 6 Serious offenders	Column 7 Missing persons	Column 8 Unknown deceased persons
1.     crime scene	yes	yes	only if within purpose	yes	yes	yes	yes
2.     suspects	yes	yes	only if within purpose	yes	yes	yes	yes
3.     volunteers (limited purposes)	only if within purpose	only if within purpose	only if within purpose	only if within purpose	only if within purpose	only if within purpose	only if within purpose
4.     volunteers (unlimited purposes)	yes	yes	only if within purpose	yes	yes	yes	yes
5.     serious offenders	yes	yes	only if within purpose	yes	yes	yes	yes
6.     missing persons	yes	yes	only if within purpose	yes	yes	yes	yes
7.     unknown deceased persons	yes	yes	only if within purpose	yes	yes	yes	yes

'.

    (2)     In sections 464ZGI(2) and (3) of the Principal Act for "the DNA database system" (wherever occurring) substitute "the Victorian DNA database".