Institutional Burials Act 2022

Regulations: general (Part 4)

80. (1) The Minister may, having consulted with FSI and the Data Protection Commission, make regulations under this section to facilitate an Identification Programme.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section shall prescribe:

(a) the evidence (documentary or otherwise) that a person is to provide for the purposes of establishing himself or herself as an eligible family member;

(b) the requirements for a notification of objection referred to in section 44 (2)(a);

(c) the procedures for the purposes of section 44 (4);

(d) the form to be completed by an eligible person for the purpose of confirming his or her decision to participate in an Identification Programme;

(e) the form of consent to the taking of a sample from a person under section 60 ;

(f) the form of consent to be signed by a person who agrees to be a nominee of a relevant person which form shall include the following information—

(i) the purpose of such nomination,

(ii) the personal data, including the contact details, of a nominee that will be stored by a Director for that purpose,

(iii) in the event that the circumstances set out in section 49 (1) arise in respect of a relevant person, the notification that will be furnished to the nominee under section 50 ,

(iv) the right of a nominee to withdraw his or her consent to act as a nominee at any time before the relevant person, in respect of whom he or she is a nominee, dies or becomes incapacitated, and

(v) such other information (if any) as is considered appropriate.

(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may prescribe additional information to be given under section 61 (5)(b) before a sample is taken under that section.