Institutional Burials Act 2022
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Destruction of samples taken for elimination purposes and deletion of related DNA profiles and related information | ||
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77. Subject to any regulations made under section79 , FSI shall— | ||
(a) destroy a sample taken from a person for elimination purposes under section 61 and delete a DNA profile generated from that sample not later than the expiration of 3 months after the date on which the following first occurs— | ||
(i) it is confirmed that the person did not or could not have contaminated another sample, | ||
(ii) that part of the Identification Programme set out in paragraphs (a) to (c) of section 46 (2) is completed in respect of principal burial land and ancillary burial land, | ||
(iii) the Director makes a decision, under section 47 (1) ,that the part of the Identification Programme referred to in subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of section 46 (2)(c) should cease, or | ||
(iv) in the case of a person whose consent was required under section 61 (3) to the giving of a sample, where the person so requests in writing, | ||
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(b) as soon as practicable after the sample is destroyed and DNA profile is deleted, subject to section 73 , delete any related information. |