Defence Forces (Evidence) Act 2022

Crime scene (Military Police) index

27. (1) The crime scene (Military Police) index in the DNA (Military Police) Database System shall comprise the DNA profiles of persons generated from samples of biological material found at, or recovered from, a crime scene whether before or after the commencement of this section.

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a crime scene, in relation to an offence or suspected offence against military law, means all or any of the following (whether within or outside the State):

(a) a place—

(i) where the offence or suspected offence was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed, or

(ii) where there is, or may be, evidence of, or relating to, the commission of the offence or suspected offence that was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed elsewhere;

(b) the body of the victim, whether living or deceased, of the offence or suspected offence;

(c) anything worn or carried by or in contact with the victim, or a person reasonably considered to be a victim, at the time the offence or suspected offence was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, committed;

(d) the body of any other person who was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, connected with the commission of the offence or suspected offence;

(e) anything (including a mode of transport) that was, or is reasonably suspected of having been, connected with the commission of the offence or suspected offence.