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PART 4
Genetic Testing
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Interpretation (Part 4).
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41.—In this Part—
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“the Acts” means the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003;
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“genetic data” means data relating to a living person derived from genetic testing of the person;
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“genetic testing” means the examination of samples taken from a living person for the purpose of analysing the person's deoxyribonucleic or ribonucleic acid by means of chromosomal analysis or by any other means for the purpose of—
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(a) confirming the identity or nature of an existing symptomatic disease,
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(b) ascertaining whether the person has a genetic predisposition or susceptibility to a disease, or
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(c) identifying the carrier of a disease;
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“processing” has the meaning assigned to it by the Acts.
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