Section 13: Protection of information
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
13. Protection of information
(1) Subject to section 12 (3), the Director shall not disclose any information or data obtained from a DNA sample, except—
(a) to the police or to a Court in the course of a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings;
(b) to the person from whom the DNA sample was taken; or
(c) to the Judge where a Judge’s order has been issued under section 8.
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(2) Any person who has access to—
(a) any information stored in the DNA Data Records; or
(b) any other information revealed by a forensic analysis,
shall not disclose that information except as provided for in this Act.
(3) Any person who, without lawful authority, contravenes subsection (2)
shall commit an offence.