Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:23wg:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 23WG (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 1111404–1112284

any), and with the suspect's legal representative (if any), and, subject to subsection (8), to do so in private.
 (8) If a suspect covered by subsection (6) or (7) is in custody, the constable need not allow the suspect to communicate, or attempt to communicate, with a legal practitioner, or the suspect's interview friend or legal representative, in private if the constable suspects on reasonable grounds that the suspect might attempt to destroy or contaminate any evidence that might be obtained by carrying out the forensic procedure.
 (9) An interview friend (other than a legal representative) of the suspect may be excluded from the presence of the constable and the suspect if the interview friend unreasonably interferes with or obstructs the constable in asking the suspect to consent to the forensic procedure, or in informing the suspect as required by section 23WJ.