International Protection Act 2026
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Taking of data from person referred to in Article 18 of Eurodac Regulation | ||
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16. (1) The Minister may request the relevant authorities of another Member State, the European Union Agency for Asylum or another relevant international organisation to take and transmit to the Minister— | ||
(a) the biometric data of persons referred to in Article 18(1) or (2) of the Eurodac Regulation for the purposes referred to in Article 13(1) of the Eurodac Regulation, and | ||
(b) the data of such persons required to be transmitted to Eurodac in accordance with Article 19 of that Regulation. | ||
(2) Where the Minister informs a relevant person that a request is not being made under subsection (1) or that a request is made but the biometric data or other data is not taken and transmitted under subsection (1), a relevant person shall require a person referred to in Article 18(1) or (2) of the Eurodac Regulation to provide the biometric data or other data referred to in subsection (1) in accordance with Articles 18 and 19 of the Eurodac Regulation. | ||
(3) Where a person is required to provide biometric data or other data in accordance with subsection (2)— | ||
(a) the person shall comply with the requirement, and | ||
(b) a relevant person shall take the data or cause the data to be taken in accordance with the Eurodac Regulation. | ||
(4) Subsections (4) to (12) of section 15 shall apply to the taking of biometric data or other data under subsection (3) as those subsections apply to the taking of biometric data or other data under that section. | ||
(5) Where a person does not comply with a requirement under subsection (2), the relevant person shall inform the person of the consequences referred to in Article 7 of the Union Resettlement and Humanitarian Admission Framework Regulation. |