This Standard specifies requirements for the forensic examination and analysis of physical material from crime scenes, persons and related areas and objects.

This involves one or more of the following steps:

(a) Recording.

(b) Sampling.

(c) Presumptive testing or assessment.

(d) Instrumental analysis.

(e) Comparisons.

(f) Recording results.

NOTE: It should be noted that though the analysis of digital or analogue electronic evidence is excluded from the scope of this Standard, such digital evidence may be accompanied by or contained within physical media or equipment having possible evidential value.