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14. Amendment of Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990.

The Criminal Justice (Forensic Evidence) Act 1990 is amended -

(a) in section 2 -

(i) in subsection (1) -

(I) by the substitution of "the provisions of subsections (4) to (8A)" for "the provisions of subsections (4) to (8)",

(II) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

"(b) a swab from any part of the body including the mouth but not from any other body orifice or a genital region,",

(III) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

"(c) a swab from a body orifice, other than the mouth, or a genital region,",

(IV) in paragraph (e), by the deletion of "or mouth",

(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

"(1A) A reference in subsection (1) of this section to the mouth shall be read as including a reference to the inside of the mouth.",

(iii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of "the provisions of subsections (3) to (8A)" for "the provisions of subsections (3) to (8)",

(iv) in subsection (4) (b), by the substitution of "subparagraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section" for "subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section",