Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022
Public information campaign
60. The Authority shall, in the period between the coming into operation of this section and the coming into operation of Part 2 and may, at any time thereafter where it considers it appropriate to do so, take such measures, including the holding of a public information campaign, as it considers appropriate to promote awareness among the public and, in particular, parents and relevant persons (including parents and relevant persons residing outside the State), of the following:
(a) the process to be followed by a person in order to—
(i) specify to the Authority his or her preference in relation to contact with another person,
(ii) have an entry made in the register in respect of him or her,
(iii) access his or her birth certificate under Part 2,
(iv) access birth information, other information or provided items under Parts 2, 3 or 4;
(b) the establishment of the register;
(c) the transfer in accordance with section 42 of information contained in the National Adoption Contact Preference Register to the register;
(d) the rights of a person, in particular a mother or father, under the General Data Protection Regulation of access to personal data concerning him or her and of rectification of inaccurate personal data concerning him or her;
(e) the restriction, under section 68, of the rights and obligations provided for in the General Data Protection Regulation specified in that section.