Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:23xm
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23XM
Character Range: 1154430–1156708

23XM  Persons who may carry out forensic procedures
 (1) The table following subsection (4) shows, for each forensic procedure, the persons who may carry out the procedure under this Part. A person not specified in the second column of the table is not authorised to carry out a forensic procedure under this Part except as mentioned in section 23XO.
 (2) The third column of the table following subsection (4) shows, for each forensic procedure, whether the suspect is entitled to request that a medical practitioner or dentist of the suspect's choice is present while the forensic procedure is carried out.
Note: Section 23XP makes detailed provision for the presence of a medical practitioner or dentist of the suspect's choice while a forensic procedure is carried out.
 (3) A person is authorised to carry out a particular forensic procedure if he or she is an appropriately qualified person in relation to the procedure even if the person also satisfies another description specified in the following table that is not specified in relation to the particular forensic procedure.
Example: A constable who is an appropriately qualified person to take samples of blood may take such samples even though the table does not expressly list constables as persons who may take samples of blood.
 (4) This section does not prevent a suspect from taking a sample of saliva, or a sample by buccal swab, from himself or herself under the supervision of an appropriately qualified person.

Who may carry out forensic procedures
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