Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:23ydac:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23YDAC (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 1225843–1228589

23YDAC  Definitions
 (1) In this Part:
Commonwealth agency means:
 (a) the Commonwealth; or
 (b) an authority of the Commonwealth.
Commonwealth DNA database system means a database (whether in computerised or other form and however described) that is managed by the Commonwealth and that contains:
 (a) the following indexes of DNA profiles (in so far as they relate to material taken or obtained by a Commonwealth agency and, in relation to a crime scene index, in so far as it also relates to material taken or obtained by a foreign law enforcement agency (within the meaning of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002)):
 (i) a crime scene index;
 (ii) a missing persons index;
 (iii) an unknown deceased persons index;
 (iv) a serious offenders index;
 (v) a volunteers (unlimited purposes) index;
 (vi) a volunteers (limited purposes) index;
 (vii) a suspects index;
  and, if the material is forensic material, information that may be used to identify the person from whose forensic material each DNA profile was derived; and
 (b) a statistical index (in so far as it relates to forensic material taken in accordance with this Part); and
 (c) any other index prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this definition.
crime scene index means an index of DNA profiles derived from forensic material found:
 (a) at any place (whether within or outside Australia) where an offence (whether a prescribed offence or an offence under the law of a participating jurisdiction) was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed; or
 (aa) at any place outside Australia where an offence under the law of a foreign country was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed; or
 (ab) at any place outside Australia where:
 (i) a crime within the jurisdiction of the ICC; or
 (ii) a War Crimes Tribunal offence;
  was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed; or
 (b) on or within the body of the victim, or a person reasonably suspected of being a victim, of a prescribed offence; or
 (c) on anything worn or carried by the victim at the time when a prescribed offence was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed; or
 (d) on or within the body of any person, on any thing, or at any place, associated with the commission of a prescribed offence.
missing persons index means an index of DNA profiles derived from forensic material of:
 (a) persons who are missing; and
 (b) volunteers who are relatives by blood of missing persons.
National Criminal Investigation DNA Database or NCIDD means the database that is known as the National Criminal Investigation DNA Database and that is managed by the Commonwealth.
NCIDD: see National Criminal Investigation DNA Database.
serious offenders index means an