The Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 is amended -

(a) in section 5(2), by the insertion of "In this section," before " 'public body' ",

(b) in section 25(2), by the insertion of "to section 33A or" after "Without prejudice",

(c) in section 31(2), by the insertion of "to section 33A or" after "Without prejudice",

(d) in section 32(4), by the substitution of "section 33 or for the purposes of section 33A," for "section 33,",

(e) by the insertion of the following section after section 33:

"33A. Agency and Authority may conduct trace for certain purposes under Part 3 or 4

The Agency or the Authority may -

(a) where either receives an application under section 21(1), 22(1), 27(1) or 28(1), or

(b) on the request of another relevant body that receives an application referred to in paragraph (a),

conduct a trace for the purposes of establishing, for the purposes of section 21(3)(b), 22(3)(b), 27(3)(b) or 28(3)(b), as the case may be, whether a person is deceased.",

(f) in section 34(1) -

(i) by the insertion of "or where section 33A applies," after "section 33,",

(ii) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of "relates," for "relates, or",