Queensland POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (DNA) AMENDMENT BILL 2002 POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES (DNA) AMENDMENT BILL 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title... eee eee ene 4 2 Act amended .. 0... eee 4 3 Amendment of s 310 (Taking DNA sample after conviction of adult)... .. 4 4 Amendment of s 311 (Taking DNA sample from prisoner) ............. 4 5 Amendment of s 316 (When DNA samples and results must be destroyed) 5 A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 Clause Clause Clause Clause sl 4 s4 Police Powers and Responsibilities (DNA) Amendment Bill 2002 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1__ Short title This Act may be cited as the Police Powers and Responsibilities (DNA) Amendment Act 2002. 2 Act amended This Act amends the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000. 3. Amendment of s 310 (Taking DNA sample after conviction of adult) (1) Section 310, heading, 'conviction of adult'— omit, insert— 'finding of guilt'. (2) Section 310— insert— "(4) It is declared that a reference in subsection (1) to an indictable offence includes, and has always included, a reference to an indictable offence dealt with summarily. '(5) Any DNA sample taken from a person under, or purportedly under, this section before the commencement of this subsection was not unlawfully taken merely because the indictable offence of which the person was found guilty was dealt with summarily.'. 4 Amendment of s 311 (Taking DNA sample from prisoner) (1) Section 311(4)— renumber as section 311(6). (2) Section 311— insert— & UW oN SCOmMAYN ANF WN KF CO N 2325 Clause s5 5 s5 Police Powers and Responsibilities (DNA) Amendment Bill 2002 "(4) It is declared that a reference in subsection (1) to an indictable offence includes, and has always included, a reference to an indictable offence dealt with summarily. '(5) Any DNA sample taken from a person under, or purportedly under, this section before the commencement of this subsection was not unlawfully taken merely because the indictable offence for which the person was serving the term of imprisonment was dealt with summarily.'. 5 Amendment of s 316 (When DNA samples and results must be destroyed) Section 316— insert— '(5) It is declared that a reference in subsection (2)(b) to an indictable offence includes, and has always included, a reference to an indictable offence dealt with summarily.'. © State of Queensland 2002 NYAWNKR WHE \o 11 13