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3. Despite P’s loss of capacity, research for the purposes of the project may be carried out using information or material relating to him if—
(a)that information or material was obtained before P’s loss of capacity,
(b)that information or material is either—
(i)data within the meaning given in section 1(1) of the Data Protection Act 1998(1), or
(ii)material which consists of or includes human cells or human DNA,
(c)the project satisfies the requirements set out in Schedule 1, and
(d)the person conducting the project (“R”) takes in relation to P such steps as are set out in Schedule 2.
1998 c.29. Section 1(1) was amended by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (c.36), section 68(1) and (2).
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