Defence Forces (Evidence) Act 2022
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Purposes of DNA (Military Police) Database System | ||
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26. (1) The DNA (Military Police) Database System shall be used only for the following purposes: | ||
(a) the investigation and prosecution of an offence against military law, whether committed within or outside the State; | ||
(b) the facilitation of the performance by the Committee (within the meaning of the Act of 2014) of its functions under Part 9 of the Act of 2014 in relation to the management and operation of that System; | ||
(c) the automated searching of certain DNA profiles in that System in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 12 of the Act of 2014; | ||
(d) the automated comparison of certain DNA profiles in that System with other DNA profiles in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 12 of the Act of 2014. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the DNA (Military Police) Database System (in this subsection referred to as the “System”) may be used for all or any of the following: | ||
(a) the conduct of permitted searching under section 32 ; | ||
(b) the compilation of statistics on the operation of the System under section 71 ; | ||
(c) the facilitation of a review of an alleged miscarriage of justice under section 2 of the Criminal Procedure Act 1993 ; | ||
(d) any other related purpose. |