Defence Forces (Evidence) Act 2022

Records

41. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where a person, in accordance with section 36 or 38 ,destroys, or causes to be destroyed, an item of forensic evidence or photograph, he or she shall ensure that the item of forensic evidence or photograph, every copy thereof and every record relating to the item of forensic evidence or photograph insofar as it identifies the person from or of whom the item of forensic evidence or photograph has been taken, are destroyed.

(2) Subsection (1) shall operate in a manner that permits the provost marshal to retain such records as may be required by him or her to show that section 40 has been complied with.

(3) In this section, “record”, in relation to an item of forensic evidence or photograph, includes a copy of a record.