Institutional Burials Act 2022
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Functions of Oversight Committee | ||
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67. (1) Where directed to do so under section 66 , the Oversight Committee shall oversee the management and operation of the Databases referred to in the direction for the purposes of maintaining the integrity and security of the Databases, and shall, for those purposes, satisfy itself that the provisions of this Act in relation to the Databases are being complied with. | ||
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Oversight Committee shall oversee— | ||
(a) the arrangements employed by the Director of FSI in relation to the receipt, handling, transmission and storage of samples taken under this Act for the purpose of generating DNA profiles for entry in the DNA (Historic Remains) Database, | ||
(b) the procedures employed by the Director of FSI in relation to the generation of DNA profiles from the samples taken under this Act, | ||
(c) the quality control and quality assurance of procedures referred to in paragraph (b) to ensure that the procedures comply with international best practice, | ||
(d) the measures employed by the Director of FSI to ensure that the Databases are not improperly accessed by any person, that the DNA profiles entered in the DNA (Historic Remains) Database and information entered in the Personal Information (Historic Remains) Database are used only for the purposes permitted by this Act and that the profiles and information are not improperly disclosed to any person, | ||
(e) the means by which the results of searches of the DNA (Historic Remains) Database are reported by the Director of FSI to the Director, and | ||
(f) the practices and procedures employed by the Director of FSI to ensure that, in accordance with the requirements of this Act, samples taken under this Act for the purpose of generating DNA profiles are destroyed and the DNA profiles generated from those samples and related information are deleted. | ||
(3) The Oversight Committee may, in the performance of its functions under this Act, make such recommendations as it considers appropriate in relation to the management and operation of the Databases to the relevant Minister, the Minister for Justice and the Director. |