Institutional Burials Act 2022
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Taking of sample from human remains and generating DNA profile | ||
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59. (1) The Director shall, where he or she has made a decision under subsection (6) of section 46 to continue with an Identification Programme arrange— | ||
(a) where a sample has not already been taken from human remains under subsection (3) of that section, for the taking of a sample from the human remains by an authorised person, and | ||
(b) for samples so taken to be delivered to FSI. | ||
(2) FSI shall forensically test samples delivered to it under subsection (1) and, in respect of each sample of human remains tested, enter the DNA profile generated from that testing in the unidentified human remains index. | ||
(3) A second or further sample may be taken from human remains under this section where the circumstances in section 62 apply. | ||
(4) Where the Director has made a decision under subsection (6) of section 46 to continue with an Identification Programme— | ||
(a) a sample taken under that section may be regarded as a sample taken from the human remains under this section, and | ||
(b) the forensic testing carried out in accordance with that section shall be taken to be forensic testing carried out under this section. |