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FAMILY LAW REGULATIONS 1984 - REG 21H

Collection of bodily samples for DNA typing

  (1)   This regulation applies to the taking of a bodily sample (except a sample of blood) from a donor for the purposes of a parentage testing procedure that is DNA typing.

  (2)   A sampler must not take a bodily sample from a donor with a swab unless the swab:

  (a)   has not been used for any purpose; and

  (b)   has been sterilised.

  (3)   If the bodily sample to be taken from a donor is a skin scraping or a hair root, the implement used by the sampler to take the sample must have been sterilised before use.


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