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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 3ZQA
3ZQA Definitions
- (1)
- In this Division:
age determination information means a photograph
(including an X-ray photograph) or any other record or
information relating to a person that is obtained by
carrying out a prescribed procedure.
appropriately qualified , in relation to the
carrying out of a prescribed procedure, means:
- (a)
- having suitable professional qualifications or
experience to carry out the prescribed procedure; or
- (b)
- qualified under the regulations to carry out the
prescribed procedure.
Commonwealth offence means an offence against a law
of the Commonwealth, other than an offence that is a
service offence for the purposes of the Defence
Force Discipline Act 1982 .
investigating official means:
- (a)
- a member or special member of the Australian Federal
Police; or
- (b)
- a member of the police force of a State or
Territory; or
- (c)
- a person who holds an office the functions of which
include the investigation of Commonwealth offences and
who is empowered by a law of the Commonwealth because
of the holding of that office to make arrests in
respect of such offences.
prescribed procedure means a procedure specified by
regulations made for the purposes of subsection (2)
to be a prescribed procedure for determining a person's
age.
- (2)
- The regulations may specify a particular procedure,
which may include the taking of an X-ray of a part of a
person's body, to be a prescribed procedure for
determining a person's age.
- (3)
- A procedure prescribed for the purposes of subsection (2):
- (a)
- may involve the operation of particular equipment
that is specified for the purpose; and
- (b)
- must require that equipment to be operated by an
appropriately qualified person.
- (4)
- Before the Governor-General makes a regulation for the
purposes of subsection (2), the Minister must consult
with the Minister responsible for the administration of
the Therapeutic
Goods Act 1989 .
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