CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 23YDAE

(1)

A person is guilty of an offence if the person accesses information stored on the DNA database system otherwise than in accordance with this section.

Penalty: Imprisonment for 2 years.

(2)

A person may access information stored on the DNA database system for one or more of the following purposes:

(a)

the purpose of forensic comparison permitted under section 23YDAF (permissible matching);

(b)

the purpose of making the information available, in accordance with the regulations, to the person to whom the information relates;

(c)

the purpose of administering the DNA database system;

(d)

the purpose of any arrangement entered into between the Commonwealth and a State or Territory for the provision of access to information contained in the DNA database system by law enforcement officers or by any other persons prescribed by the regulations;

(e)

the purpose of and in accordance with the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 or the Extradition Act 1988 ;

(f)

the purpose of a coronial inquest or inquiry;

(g)

the purpose of an investigation of a complaint by the Privacy Commissioner of the Commonwealth or of a participating jurisdiction.

(3)

This section does not apply to information that cannot be used to discover the identity of any person.