This Standard specifies requirements for the recognition, recording, recovery, transport and storage of physical material from crime scenes in order to preserve its integrity for forensic purposes, and covers the following processes:

(a) Recognizing material of forensic interest.

(b) Recording material at a scene.

(c) Collection of material from a scene.

(d) Containers and labelling.

(e) Documentation.

(f) Transport of material.

(g) Storage of material.

(h) Security of material.

(i) Retrieving material from storage.

(j) Documenting and tracking the location of material.