Institutional Burials Act 2022
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Return of samples taken from human remains to Director and deletion of related DNA profiles | ||
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78. (1) A sample taken from recovered human remains under section 59 shall, if not destroyed in the course of generating a DNA profile from it, be returned by FSI to the Director as soon as practicable after the earlier of the following occurs— | ||
(a) FSI have generated (having regard to section 58 ), from the sample concerned, all the DNA profiles it requires from the sample, or | ||
(b) 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. | ||
(2) A DNA profile generated from a sample referred to in subsection (1) shall be deleted as soon as practicable after the date on which the following first occurs— | ||
(a) 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 | ||
(b) that part of the Identification Programme referred to in section 46 (2)(c)(iii) is completed. | ||
(3) A sample returned to a Director under subsection (1) shall be the subject of the same final arrangements as recovered human remains. |