Text as at 26 April 2026
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464ZGH Use of information on Victorian DNA database

(1)A person who accesses information stored on the Victorian DNA database except in accordance with this section is guilty of a summary offence and liable to level 8 imprisonment (1 year maximum) or a level 8 fine (120 penalty units maximum).
S. 464ZGH(1) amended by No. 32/2007 s. 7(1).
(2)A person may access information stored on the Victorian DNA database for one or more of the following purposes—
S. 464ZGH(2) amended by No. 32/2007 s. 7(1).S. 464ZGH(2) (g)(iii) substituted by No. 32/2007 s. 7(3).S. 464ZGH(2) (g)(iv) inserted by No. 32/2007 s. 7(3), amended by Nos 34/2008 s. 143(Sch. 2 item 3.1), 82/2012 s. 159(2), 20/2017 s. 134(Sch. 1 item 5.1(b)), substituted by No. 3/2019 s. 71(1).
(a)forensic comparison permitted under section 464ZGI (permissible matching);
(b)making the information available, in accordance with the regulations, to the person to whom the information relates;
(c)administering the Victorian DNA database;
(d)in accordance with an arrangement entered into under section 464ZGN;
(e)in accordance with the Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 1987 of the Commonwealth or the Extradition Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;
(f)a coronial investigation or inquest;
(g)an investigation of a complaint by—
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(ii)the Health Complaints Commissioner within the meaning of the Health Records Act 2001 for the purposes of that Act; or
(iii)the Ombudsman appointed under the Ombudsman Act 1973; or
(iv)the IBAC;
(ga)the IBAC performing its functions under this Act;
(h)an investigation of a complaint by the Information Commissioner under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014.
(3)This section does not apply to information that cannot be used to discover the identity of any person.