DNA Identification Regulations

3 (1) If the Commissioner is notified that DNA information in the crime scene index of the DNA Data Bank relates to a person referred to in paragraph 8.1(a) or (b) of the Act, the Commissioner shall without delay destroy the information and sever all links that may exist to any personal identifiers in any other data bank.

(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), “destroy” means

• (a) to shred, burn or otherwise physically destroy, in the case of information other than information in electronic form; and

• (b) to delete, write over or otherwise render permanently inaccessible, in the case of information in electronic form.