Section 15: Cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies
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15. Cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies
(1) Notwithstanding section 13, the Director, subject to the approval of
the Attorney-General, may, pursuant to a request, whether made under the
Mutual Assistance in Criminal and Related Matters Act or otherwise, compare the DNA profile received from a foreign law enforcement agency with
the DNA profile in the DNA Data Records kept by the Director, or where
appropriate, with the DNA profile of an unidentified deceased person, and
communicate the relevant information to that law enforcement agency.
(2) For the purposes of this section, “foreign law enforcement agency”
includes a law agency of a foreign State, an international organisation established by Governments of States or any other international organisation.
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